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May 22

Highlights of President Kennedy’s Press Conference

May 22, 1963 - Following are the highlights of President Kennedy’s news conference today: Alabama — The President said he hoped the...

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 27

Ike Speaks Out on Cuba

Apr. 27, 1963 - Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower said yesterday that only a “genius and prophet” could have known for sure that...

Apr 26

Castro Arrives in Soviet Union

Apr. 26, 1963 - Premier Fidel Castro of Cuba arrived in the Soviet Union early today on Premier Khrushchev’s personal invitation. Tass,...

Apr 25

Goldwater: JFK Peddling “Fear-of-War Psychosis”

Apr. 25, 1963 - Senator Barry Goldwater (R-Ariz.), in reply to a challenge from President Kennedy, said today he was not afraid of going...

Apr 24

JFK Hits Back at Nixon on Cuba

Apr. 24, 1963 - Replying at his news conference to a speech last Saturday by former Vice President Richard M. Nixon, President Kennedy...

Apr 20

Castro Accuses of U.S. of Assassination Plots

Apr. 20, 1963 - Premier Fidel Castro said today the U.S. had abandoned plans for a second invasion of Cuba in favor of a plot to...

Apr 10

Rockefeller Hits JFK on Cuba

Apr. 10, 1963 - New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller today assailed the Kennedy Administration for “holding back” Cuban exile raiders. He...

Apr 7

Goldwater Talks Tough on Cuba

Apr. 7, 1963 - Sen. Barry Goldwater (R-Ariz.) said today the U.S. should couple an economic blockade of Cuba with support for an exile...

Mar 21

Castro on Khrushchev: “I Would Have Boxed His Ears”

Mar. 21, 1963 - Premier Fidel Castro (pictured right in 1960) said in an interview published in Paris today that if Premier Khrushchev...

Mar 11

Bay of Pigs Pilots Recruited by CIA During Eisenhower Administration

Mar. 11, 1963 - The Chicago Sun-Times said today most of the American pilots who volunteered for the Cuban Bay of Pigs invasion in 1961...

Mar 11

McNamara Talks Cuban Invasion

Mar. 11, 1963 - Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara, declaring the U.S. has not written off Cuba, indicated today this country might...

Feb 15

Rep. Ford Speaks Out on Cuba

Feb. 15, 1963 - Congressman Gerald R. Ford (pictured third from right), chairman of the House GOP caucus, said today the U.S. should...

Feb 6

[VIDEO] Robert S. McNamara Program on Soviet Weapons in Cuba

Feb. 6, 1963 - In an unprecedented nationally televised revelation of U.S. intelligence procedures, Defense Department officials...

Jan 25

1,170 Refugees Reach Florida, Many In Poor Condition

Jan. 25, 1963 - Another group of 1,170 refugees reached the U.S. today from Cuba. Some were old and in poor physical condition, and many...

Jan 10

“Mysterious Donor” Who Helped Liberate Cuba Prisoners Revealed

Jan. 10, 1963 - Richard Cardinal Cushing (pictured right), Roman Catholic archbishop of Boston, revealed today that he is the “mysterious...

Dec 29, 2022

President Kennedy Address Cuban Refugees at Miami’s Orange Bowl Stadium

Dec. 29, 1962 - President Kennedy stopped considerably short of declaring war on Fidel Castro in his fiery appearance before Miami’s...

Dec 27, 2022

President Kennedy to Address Freed Cuban Prisoners in Miami

Dec. 27, 1962 - In Palm Beach, Fla., today, President Kennedy accepted an invitation to review the freed Cuban prisoners at a ceremony in...

Dec 27, 2022

American Freighter Arrives in Florida With 922 Cuban Refugees

Dec. 27, 1962 - The American freighter African Pilot arrived in Florida today with 922 Cuban refugees, the largest single mass exodus...

Dec 26, 2022

Bay of Pigs Prisoner Relatives Sail for Florida

Dec. 26, 1962 - The freighter African Pilot, packed with 923 Cuban emigrants, sailed tonight for Florida. Released by Premier Fidel...