1960s Timeline

June 8, 1962 - President Kennedy pinned medals today on two boy heroes and a girl who he said might become the first woman President of...

June 8, 1962 - President Kennedy and Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy honor Mary Ann Kingry for her exceptional career of service in...

June 7, 1962 - At his press conference today, President Kennedy was asked if he considered “justified” a speech made by Democratic...

June 7, 1962 - Surgeon General Luther L. Terry announced today that he would appoint an advisory committee to study the effect of...

June 6, 1962 - Here is a video clip of President Kennedy’s address at the Military Academy in West Point, New York. #JFK #1960s #history...

June 6, 1962 - Here is another clip from President Kennedy's address today at West Point in which he references the events of D-Day -- 18...

June 6, 1962 - Here is a clip from President Kennedy's address today at West Point. #jfk #military #veterans #army #navy #airforce #marines

June 6, 1962 - President Kennedy today ordered the release of 20 cadets from room confinement to the cheers of the entire Military...

June 6, 1962 - President Kennedy told the graduates at the Military Academy in West Point today that the problems confronting the nation...

June 5, 1962 - Here is a video clip from President Kennedy’s welcoming remarks to astronaut M. Scott Carpenter and his family #JFK #1960s...

June 5, 1962 - Lieut. Comdr. M. Scott Carpenter flew into and out of New York today through overcast weather that would have canceled the...

June 5, 1962 - Makarios III, Archbishop, former rebel, and first President of the republic of Cyprus, received tributes and salutes in...

June 2, 1962 - John B. Connally Jr. (pictured), a conservative Democrat who was formerly Secretary of the Navy, won his party’s...

June 1, 1962 - Premier Fidel Castro spoke to two Western newsmen for an hour and a half in a Havana bar early today, declaring that he...

May 31, 1962 - President Kennedy will seek more privacy during his summer vacation this year by using the summer home of Morton Downey,...

May 31, 1962 - President Kennedy, in announcing today a program called Mobilization for Youth, discussed the problem of what is commonly...

May 31, 1962 - Communist guerrillas raided a leprosarium in the central highlands in South Vietnam last night and kidnapped three...

May 31, 1962 - President Kennedy announced today a $12.6 million mass social experiment on the Lower East Side of New York. It is part of...

May 30, 1962 - Boulder gave Lieut. Comdr. Scott Carpenter one of the greatest parades in Colorado history today to wind up his triumphal...

May 29, 1962 - President Kennedy (pictured at his celebration 10 days ago at Madison Square Garden) celebrated his actual 45th birthday...