Freeze-Out Between Truman and Eisenhower Thaws
Dec. 24, 1963 - Former President Harry S. Truman (pictured at President Kennedy’s funeral) said in New York today that he had exchanged...
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Dec 23, 2023
Kilduff Tells of Moments after President Kennedy’s Death in Dallas
Dec. 23, 1963 - In a radio interview taped for broadcast today by the Westinghouse Broadcasting Company, Assistant Press Secretary...
Dec 23, 2023
As Official Mourning Period for President Kennedy Ends, Political Speculation Takes Center Stage
Dec. 23, 1963 - The end of the official period of mourning for President Kennedy raised the curtain on politics yesterday, and the...
Dec 21, 2023
Mrs. Kennedy Replaces Prayer Card Photograph
Dec. 21, 1963 - Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy has replaced the serious photograph of the late President on his prayer card with a more...
Dec 20, 2023
Attorney General Gives Christmas Party at Justice Department
Dec. 20, 1963 - Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy gave a Christmas party today, a party that was planned long before an assassin’s...
Dec 20, 2023
Brisk Sales of John F. Kennedy Memorial Record Albums
Dec. 20, 1963 - Less than a month after his assassination, seven John F. Kennedy memorial record albums have sold a combined total of at...
Dec 18, 2023
Highlights from President Johnson’s News Conference
Dec. 18, 1963 - Here are some highlights from President Johnson’s news conference today: Summit Meeting with Khrushchev — “I am ready and...
Dec 18, 2023
President To Spend Holidays at LBJ Ranch
Dec. 18, 1963 - President Johnson and his family will spend Christmas at their LBJ Ranch near Austin, Texas, “to relax a little” and...
Dec 18, 2023
Senate Authorizes Kennedy Half-Dollar
Dec. 18, 1963 - The Senate completed Congressional authorization today for the use of a likeness of President Kennedy on half-dollars...
Dec 16, 2023
Warren: “No Useful Purpose” to Make FBI Findings on Assassination Public
Dec. 16, 1963 - Chief Justice Earl Warren said today it “would serve no useful purpose at this time” to make public the findings of an...
Dec 15, 2023
LBJ Unlikely To Debate Next Year
Dec. 15, 1963 - There is growing doubt in Washington that President Johnson will take part in televised debates with his Republican...
Dec 12, 2023
Mrs. Kennedy To Observe One-Year Mourning Period
Dec. 12, 1963 - Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy (pictured Nov. 25) plans to observe a one-year period of mourning and will have no public...
Dec 11, 2023
LBJ: Eliminate Communist Subversion from South Vietnam and Caribbean
Dec. 11, 1963 - President Johnson told the nation’s top defense strategists today that America’s most urgent task is elimination of...
Dec 10, 2023
President Johnson Asks Congress for 50-Cent Piece with JFK’s Likeness
Dec. 10, 1963 - President Johnson asked Congress today to authorize a 50-cent coin bearing the likeness of John Fitzgerald Kennedy. The...
Dec 9, 2023
TV: “The Making of the President 1960”
Dec. 9, 1963 - “The Making of the President 1960,” a filmed report of events covered in Theodore White’s Pulitzer Prize-winning book,...
Dec 9, 2023
Hoffa Denies Kennedy Quote
Dec. 9, 1963 - James R. Hoffa (pictured right in 1958) said today the press had taken out of context a statement he issued after...
Dec 9, 2023
FBI: Oswald Killed JFK, Acted Alone
Dec. 9, 1963 - An FBI report went to a special Presidential commission today and named Lee Harvey Oswald as the assassin of President...
Dec 8, 2023
President Johnson Well Protected
Dec. 8, 1963 - President Johnson’s 2-hour-20-minute visit to New York City today, his first trip outside Washington since becoming...
Dec 8, 2023
Louisiana Likely To Remain in Democratic Column Next Year
Dec. 8, 1963 - Louisiana appeared today to be virtually certain of remaining in the Democratic column in next year’s Presidential...
Dec 8, 2023
President Johnson Attends Funeral for Lehman, Security Heavy
Dec. 8, 1963 - Final tribute was paid today to Herbert H. Lehman, former Governor of New York, at a funeral service attended by President...
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