President and Mrs. Kennedy Lease House in Newport for Summer of ‘64
Oct. 30, 1963 - President and Mrs. Kennedy have leased a house in Newport, R.I. that they will occupy next August and September. The...
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Oct 30, 2023
Demonstrators Harass Chief Justice Earl Warren in NYC
Oct. 30, 1963 - A band of shouting demonstrators hurled placards and leaflets at Chief Justice Earl Warren last night as he left the New...
Oct 29, 2023
“Texas Welcome Dinner” Planned by Gov. Connally for Pres. Kennedy and V.P. Johnson on Nov. 22
Oct. 29, 1963 - Texas Governor John B. Connally said today that a “Texas welcome dinner” for President Kennedy and Vice President Johnson...
Oct 28, 2023
Penn Station Faces Demolition Crews
Oct. 28, 1963 - New York’s Pennsylvania Station, a grimy monument to an age of expansive elegance, suffered the fate of an anachronism...
Oct 28, 2023
Former Senator Tom Connally Dead at 86
Oct. 28, 1963 - Former Senator Tom Connally of Texas (pictured in 1949), a Democratic stalwart of the Senate for many years and one of...
Oct 27, 2023
Presidential Family Goes to Church
Oct. 27, 1963 - The Presidential family worshiped together at public services today. Mr. Kennedy, his wife, and their two youngsters...
Oct 26, 2023
President Kennedy Dedicates Robert Frost Library at Amherst College
Oct. 26, 1963 - President Kennedy issued an appeal to the nation today to recognize the contributions of men of spirit and insight as...
Oct 25, 2023
Dallas City Leaders Apologize to Adlai Stevenson
Oct. 25, 1963 - Dallas city leaders, reacting with indignation and shame, apologized today to Adlai Stevenson, who was struck and spat on...
Oct 24, 2023
Adlai Stevenson Roughed Up in Dallas
Oct. 24, 1963 - Anti-United Nations demonstrators shoved, booed, beat, and spat in the face of Adlai Stevenson, the chief U.S. delegate...
Oct 24, 2023
Diana Churchill Ruled a Suicide
Oct. 24, 1963 - A coroner ruled today that Mrs. Diana Churchill (center in 1931), Sir Winston’s eldest daughter, committed suicide last...
Oct 22, 2023
Busy Winter of Diplomacy On Tap for President Kennedy
Oct. 22, 1963 - President Kennedy will meet in Washington next month with West Germany’s new Chancellor, Dr. Ludwig Erhard, at the start...
Oct 20, 2023
President Kennedy Increasingly Focused on Goldwater
Oct. 20, 1963 - President Kennedy will return to Washington tomorrow after an excursion in New England that demonstrated his increasing...
Oct 19, 2023
President Kennedy Speaks in Boston Following Visit to Son’s Grave
Oct. 19, 1963 - After attending the first half of the Harvard-Columbia game at Harvard Stadium this afternoon, President Kennedy went to...
Oct 19, 2023
President Kennedy Makes Brief Appearance at Harvard-Columbia Game
Oct. 19, 1963 - President Kennedy made a brief appearance at the Harvard-Columbia football game today. Shortly after the kickoff, the...
Oct 19, 2023
President Kennedy Speaks at University of Maine at Orono
Oct. 19, 1963 - President Kennedy today cautioned Americans that, despite new rays of hope for world peace, “we still live in the shadow...
Oct 18, 2023
Mexico City Selected for ’68 Olympics
Oct. 18, 1963 - Mexico City was selected over Detroit and two other cities today as the site of the 1968 Olympic Games. It will be the...
Oct 18, 2023
Rockefeller Opens Campaign in New Hampshire
Oct. 18, 1963 - Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller today opened a crucial phase of his battle for the Republican Presidential nomination,...
Oct 17, 2023
President and Children Welcome First Lady Home
Oct. 17, 1963 - Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy, tanned and beaming, received a warm welcome home tonight from the President and their two...
Oct 17, 2023
JFK Welcomes Tito to Washington
Oct. 17, 1963 - President Kennedy gave President Tito a cordial but swift day of tribute at the White House today that pleased the...
Oct 15, 2023
Vice President Johnson Visits NYC
Oct. 15, 1963 - Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson did not talk or look tonight like a man who is at all concerned over the rumor that...
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