Aug 15, 2021President Kennedy Attends Mass on Day of Feast of the AssumptionAug. 15, 1961 - President Kennedy attended the noon mass today at St. Matthew's Cathedral in Washington. Today is the Feast of the...
Aug 10, 2021Vice President Johnson Would Exercise Duties of President if Kennedy IncapacitatedAug. 10, 1961 - President Kennedy disclosed today that he had made an agreement that Vice President Johnson would exercise the rights and...
Aug 1, 2021McNamara Says Bomb Shelters Could Save 15 Million American LivesAug. 1, 1961 - Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara said today that 50 million usable shelter spaces could provide a "Spartan" minimum...
Jul 31, 2021President Kennedy Empowered by Congress to Call 250,000 ReservistsJuly 31, 1961 - A resounding 403-to-2 vote of approval in the House completed today Congressional action to empower President Kennedy to...