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May 23

Khrushchev Warns U.S. on Cuba

May 23, 1963 - Premier Khrushchev warned today that any blockade of Cuba or attack against the island nation would provoke a crisis...

May 22

JFK Hits Back at GOP

May 22, 1963 - President Kennedy charged today that the Republicans “know it is untrue” when they raise the possibility that he plans to...

Apr 29

Castro Receives Ovation at Moscow’s Bolshoi Theatre

Apr. 29, 1963 - Fidel Castro, sporing his khaki forage cap, combat jacket, and crumpled fatigues, received a two-minute ovation from the...

Apr 29

East Germans Concerned Over Rise in Escapes

Apr. 29, 1963 - East German officials expressed concern today over the increasing number of attempts to escape to the West after four...

Apr 28

Castro Pledges Allegiance to Soviet Union

Apr. 28, 1963 - Premier Fidel Castro declared today that his regime owed its life to the Soviet Union. Standing beside Premier Khrushchev...

Mar 23

Defense Department Prepares To Deploy Intercontinental Missiles

Mar. 23, 1963 - Without fanfare, in fact with as much secrecy as possible, the Defense Department is preparing to deploy at U.S. bases 54...

Dec 12, 2022

JFK Hits Boycotts of Merchants Selling Red Imports

Dec. 12, 1962 - President Kennedy today criticized boycotts against American merchants selling Iron Curtain imports as ineffective as an...

Dec 12, 2022

Khrushchev Hits Communist China

Dec. 12, 1962 - Premier Khrushchev declared today the Soviet Union would resist the pressure of “dogmatists” within the Communist world...

Dec 3, 2022

Dec. 3, 1962 - JFK Award Presentation to Dr. Edward Teller

Dec. 3, 1962 - Here are President Kennedy's remarks today at the presentation of the 1962 Enrico Fermi Award to Dr. Edward Teller. In his...

Nov 7, 2022

Khrushchev: Soviet Rockets Are Out of Cuba

Nov. 7, 1962 - Premier Khrushchev (pictured today with Marshal Rodion Malinovsky) declared today that the Soviet Union had taken its...

Oct 31, 2022

Castro Continues Guantanamo Demands

Oct. 31, 1962 - U Thant and a somber group of his top assistants returned tonight from two days of negotiations with Fidel Castro in...

Oct 31, 2022

Khrushchev’s Control Could Be Slipping

Oct. 31, 1962 - Qualified sources suggested today that Premier Khrushchev’s control of the Soviet Government was entering a period of...

Oct 30, 2022

U.S. Temporarily Suspends Surveillance of Cuba

Oct. 30, 1962 - The U.S. temporarily suspended its aerial surveillance of Cuba today amid reports that the Soviet Union had halted work...

Oct 29, 2022

Kennedy Administration Considered and Rejected Surprise Attack on Cuba

Oct. 29, 1962 - President Kennedy (pictured with Gen. Curtis LeMay) and his advisers gave long and serious thought to ordering a surprise...

Oct 29, 2022

Europe Hails JFK on Cuban Victory

Oct. 29, 1962 - Western Europe hailed today the Soviet Union’s retreat in the Cuban crisis as a stunning victory for the U.S. President...

Oct 28, 2022

Attorney General Links Cuban Crisis to Racial Turmoil

Oct. 28, 1962 - Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy said tonight that the tensions between the U.S. and Soviet Union over Cuba were linked...

Oct 28, 2022

McNamara Finally Goes Home after Sleeping at Pentagon for a Week

Oct. 28, 1962 - Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara (left) left the Pentagon tonight to go home and sleep in his own bed for the...

Oct 28, 2022

JFK and Democrats May Gain from Cuban Crisis

Oct. 28, 1962 - President Kennedy and the Democratic party have probably gained a political windfall as a result of Premier Khrushchev’s...

Oct 28, 2022

Castro Continues Tantrum Over Guantanamo

Oct. 28, 1962 - Premier Fidel Castro demanded today that the U.S. evacuate its naval base at Guantanamo Bay. This was taken in Washington...

Oct 28, 2022

U.S. Plane Wanders Over Soviet Territory, JFK “Regrets” Incident

Oct. 28, 1962 - A U.S. plane flew over Soviet Far Eastern territory today, but both President Kennedy and Premier Khrushchev sought to...