1960s Timeline

Dec. 24, 1963 - New York International Airport was rededicated as John F. Kennedy International Airport today. The ceremony, attended by...

Dec. 10, 1963 - In an action marked by solemnity and silent prayer, the New York City Council voted unanimously today to change the name...

Dec. 4, 1963 - Mayor Robert Wagner (pictured right Nov. 23) announced today that he would urge the New York City Council to change the...

Sept. 20, 1963 - New York Mayor Robert Wagner (right) said today, after a 20-minute talk with President Kennedy, that “of course” there...

Sept. 19, 1963 - President Kennedy arrived in New York City tonight to deliver a major address to the U.N. General Assembly at 11:30...

Sept. 5, 1963 - Carmine G. De Sapio (right), the former powerful leader of Tammany Hall, lost his political comeback bid by a scant 41...

Aug. 14, 1963 - Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy (pictured today in Harlem) paid a surprise visit to New York today to look over the...

July 22, 1963 - Visitors at the New York World’s Fair next year will have the chance to swing around and over the entertainment area on a...

June 18, 1963 - A minor street incident in Harlem set off a series of violent clashes between Negroes and the police last night. Several...

May 25, 1963 - An angry crowd pelted speakers at a neo-Nazi rally with fists, eggs, and tomatoes today in the Yorkville section of...

May 21, 1963 - While passing through Times Square today, a woman put a piece of gum into her mouth and, with no apparent guilt, tossed...

May 15, 1963 - A capacity crowd of 8,000 jammed into the main concourse of New York’s Grand Central Terminal today to watch the televised...

Apr. 24, 1963 - New York City’s Health Code will be amended next month in an effort to control the growing, harmful practice of...

Mar. 31, 1963 - New York City’s record 114-day blackout of 8 newspapers ended today as the last of 4 striking unions accepted a new...

Nov. 14, 1962 - New York City was characterized in a Soviet magazine today as “gloomy” and overrun with hooligans, noise, and slums. The...

Oct. 23, 1962 - The reaction of New Yorkers today to President Kennedy’s speech last night was a combination of “It’s about time we took...

Oct. 3, 1962 - At least 21 persons were killed and 95 injured today when a steam boiler exploded in a building of the New York Telephone...

Aug. 2, 1962 - Seven workmen on scaffolds began today to give the tower of the Empire State Building its first polishing and painting...

June 24, 1962 - A photograph of a cat named Etti-Cat will soon appear in 3,000 of the New York Transit Authority’s 6,500 subway cars....

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