1960s Timeline

Apr. 9, 1962 - Eager citizens, proud civic leaders, and jubilant baseball dignitaries today joined to dedicate the Los Angeles Dodgers’...

Apr. 9, 1962 - Here is a video excerpt of President Kennedy’s remarks on the 50th anniversary of the Children’s Bureau. #JFK #1960s...

Apr. 9, 1962 - Cliff Robertson will portray John F. Kennedy in “PT-109,” the movie version of the President’s exploits as a Navy officer...

Apr. 9, 1962 - President Kennedy challenged adults today to continue trying to make the U.S. “a happy nursery” for children. The...

Apr. 7, 1962 - Hitting the top spot on the Billboard Hot 100 today is “Johnny Angel,” by Shelley Fabares (right). Miss Fabares appears on...

Apr. 6, 1962 - President Kennedy received his American League baseball pass today. He gave a sympathetic chuckle when told that the...

Apr. 5, 1962 - President Kennedy set aside May 1 as a special day for declaring “unceasing devotion and loyalty to this nation” and “our...

Apr. 4, 1962 - The mystery of rumored invasion preparations in the Key West area of Florida was cleared up today at Warner Brothers. What...

Apr. 4, 1962 - President Kennedy accepted today a rocking chair made of 400-year-old mahogany wood from the Dominican Republic. Then he...

Apr. 3, 1962 - President Kennedy will throw out the first ball when the Washington Senators and Detroit Tigers open the 1962 baseball...

Apr. 3, 1962 - W. Averell Harriman, Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs, told Congress today that the overriding...

Apr. 3, 1962 - President João Goulart of Brazil arrived in Washington today for a state visit that the Kennedy Administration considers...

Apr. 3, 1962 - The city of Birmingham, Ala., withdrew its support today from the country program of surplus food for the needy. The...

Apr. 2, 1962 - The Minnesota Twins traded Pedro Ramos, a right-handed pitcher, to the Cleveland Indians today for Vic Power (pictured in...

Apr. 2, 1962 - President Kennedy accepted today an invitation from Mayor Wagner of New York City to attend a Democratic fund-raising...

Apr. 1, 1962 - RCA Victor today released Sam Cooke’s latest album, “Twistin’ the Night Away,” the 31-year-old singer’s eighth studio...

Apr. 1, 1962 - Felipe Alou (pictured) drove in four runs with two homers today as the San Francisco Giants defeated the Boston Red Sox in...

Apr. 1, 1962 - Lewis Milestone has been signed to direct “PT 109,” Warner Brothers’ version of a book by Robert J. Donovan detailing the...

Mar. 1, 1962 - Some of the nation’s leaders gathered for a prayer breakfast in Washington today. They heard President Kennedy say that...

Apr. 18, 1962 - President Kennedy and his family arrived in Palm Beach, Fla., this afternoon to begin a 10-day Easter holiday. The...