Video: President Kennedy's Remarks to National Conference of Christians and Jews
Nov. 21, 1961 - Here is video of President Kennedy’s remarks in the Rose Garden today to members of the National Conference of Christians...
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Nov 20, 2021
White House Releases JFK Jr.'s Official Portrait
Nov. 20, 1961 - John Fitzgerald Kennedy Jr. flashes a happy smile in official birthday pictures released today by the White House. He...
Nov 19, 2021
President Kennedy Talks Extremism in Los Angeles
Nov. 19, 1961 - President Kennedy spoke out last night against the right-wing John Birch Society and the so-called Minutemen in a speech...
Nov 18, 2021
Speaker Rayburn is Buried in Texas
Nov. 18, 1961 - House Speaker Sam Rayburn was buried today in the rich Texas earth that nurtured him. Funeral services were held in the...
Nov 18, 2021
President Kennedy Honors Sen. Hayden in Arizona
Nov. 18, 1961 - President Kennedy declared last night that the nation should regard with pride the “heavy burden” of preserving freedom...
Nov 16, 2021
President Kennedy Honors Senator Magnuson
Nov. 16 - After his speech at the University of Washington, President Kennedy paid high tribute to Senator Warren G. Magnuson (left),...
Nov 16, 2021
Sen. Carl Hayden Next in Line for Presidency after Johnson
Nov. 16, 1961 - The death of Speaker Sam Rayburn places Senator Carl Hayden (right), Democrat of Arizona, behind Vice President Johnson...
Nov 16, 2021
Vice President Johnson's Tribute to Sam Rayburn
Nov. 16, 1961 - Here is Vice President Johnson’s statement on the passing of his friend and colleague of long standing, Speaker Sam...
Nov 16, 2021
President Speaks at University of Washington
Nov. 16 - President Kennedy declared today that it was “a test of our national maturity” to accept the prospect that negotiations on...
Nov 16, 2021
President Kennedy's Tribute to Sam Rayburn
Nov. 16, 1961 - Following is President Kennedy’s expression of tribute and statement of regret at the death today of Sam Rayburn (left),...
Nov 16, 2021
Speaker Sam Rayburn Dead at 79
Nov. 16, 1961 - House Speaker Sam Rayburn died of cancer in his sleep today. He was 79 years old. President Kennedy led the nation —...
Nov 2, 2021
President Takes Steps to Prepare for Atmospheric Nuclear Tests
Nov. 2, 1961 - President Kennedy ordered today that preparations be made for the resumption of atmospheric atomic tests that might be...
Oct 28, 2021
Secretary Connally May Run for Governor of Texas
Oct. 28, 1961 - The Secretary of the Navy, John B. Connally Jr., may give up the office next year to run for Governor of Texas. There are...
Sep 30, 2021
The First Lady Plays Golf in Newport
Sept. 30, 1961 - Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy played five holes of golf today in Newport, R.I. President and Mrs. Kennedy are vacationing at...
Sep 30, 2021
Hoover Says American Reds Moving Underground
Sept. 30, 1961 - The American Communist party is moving farther underground in order to resist the Supreme Court's ruling that the party...
Sep 30, 2021
Nixon: I'm Not Afraid of JFK
Sept. 30, 1961 - Richard M. Nixon moved today to take himself completely out of the Presidential picture in 1964, even by way of a draft...
Sep 29, 2021
Castro Shuts Down Last Havana Casino
Sept. 29, 1961 - The last of Havana's gambling casinos closed quietly today, minutes after Premier Fidel Castro had announced that his...
Sep 29, 2021
Fear of Nuclear Radioactivity Increasing in U.S.
Sept. 29, 1961 - An American Medical Association publication came up today with a new phobia: "nucleomitophobia," or fear of atomic...
Sep 28, 2021
CIA Official Details Communist Subversion Tactics
Sept. 28, 1961 - An official of the Central Intelligence Agency has testified that fomenting riots, infiltrating police forces, and...
Sep 27, 2021
Berlin Wall Documentary (Video)
Sept. 27, 1961 - Here is a documentary on the Berlin Wall, the construction of which began August 13. #communism #communist #coldwar...
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