Humphrey Optimistic on Civil Rights Bill
Mar. 14, 1964 - Senator Hubert Humphrey told 900 New Jersey Democrats in Atlantic City, N.J., today that Congress would pass the civil...
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- Jun 25, 2023
Democrats To Hold 1964 Convention in Atlantic City
June 25, 1963 - The Democrats decided today to hold their 1964 Presidential convention in Atlantic City, N.J. The convention will begin...
- Feb 28, 2023
Powerful Negro Politician Brutally Murdered
Feb. 28, 1963 - Alderman Benjamin F. Lewis, one of the most powerful Negro politicians in Chicago, was discovered brutally murdered in...
- Oct 19, 2022
Nixon Draws Big Crowds in California
Oct. 19, 1962 - Richard M. Nixon’s Victory Special train rode slowly through booming southern California today as its star passenger...
- Sep 8, 2022
Truman Calls Ike “Laziest President Ever”
Sept. 8, 1962 - Former President Harry S. Truman (pictured in 1953) declared tonight that the country was “now paying the penalty for...
- May 19, 2022
May 19, 1962 - JFK Dedicates NYC Housing Project
May 19, 1962 - President Kennedy’s remarks at the dedication of the Penn Station South Urban Renewal Project, a cooperative housing...
- Dec 7, 2021
President Address Convention of Young Democratic Clubs
Dec. 7, 1961 - President Kennedy (pictured speaking to a young supporter) told the national convention of Young Democratic Clubs today to...
- Oct 28, 2021
Secretary Connally May Run for Governor of Texas
Oct. 28, 1961 - The Secretary of the Navy, John B. Connally Jr., may give up the office next year to run for Governor of Texas. There are...
- Aug 15, 2021
President Kennedy Attends Mass on Day of Feast of the Assumption
Aug. 15, 1961 - President Kennedy attended the noon mass today at St. Matthew's Cathedral in Washington. Today is the Feast of the...
- Aug 10, 2021
Vice President Johnson Would Exercise Duties of President if Kennedy Incapacitated
Aug. 10, 1961 - President Kennedy disclosed today that he had made an agreement that Vice President Johnson would exercise the rights and...
- Aug 1, 2021
McNamara Says Bomb Shelters Could Save 15 Million American Lives
Aug. 1, 1961 - Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara said today that 50 million usable shelter spaces could provide a "Spartan" minimum...
- Jul 31, 2021
President Kennedy Empowered by Congress to Call 250,000 Reservists
July 31, 1961 - A resounding 403-to-2 vote of approval in the House completed today Congressional action to empower President Kennedy to...
- Jul 29, 2021
President Kennedy Takes Caroline and Friends to Candy Store in Massachusetts
July 29, 1961 - President Kennedy took his daughter, Caroline, and ten of her cousins and playmates to a neighborhood store in Hyannis...
- Jul 29, 2021
Truman: Soviets Are Bluffing, "Scared to Death of Red China"
July 29, 1961 - Former President Harry S. Truman, who won his own Berlin showdown in 1948-9, said today the Soviet Union was bluffing in...
- Jul 28, 2021
President Kennedy Joins First Lady on her 32nd Birthday
July 28, 1961 - President Kennedy joined his wife in Hyannis Port, Mass., today to help celebrate her 32nd birthday. Pierre Salinger,...
- Jul 28, 2021
Senate Approves Kennedy's Request for More Weapons and Troops for Berlin
July 28, 1961 - The Senate approved overwhelmingly today President Kennedy's request for more weapons and troops to cope with Soviet...
- Jul 27, 2021
President Kennedy's Civil Defense Goals Announced
July 27, 1961 - President Kennedy's immediate Civil Defense goal is to provide fallout shelters in existing buildings for 25 percent of...
- Jul 26, 2021
After Kennedy Speech, Draft-Age Americans Make Inquiries
July 26, 1961 - President Kennedy's call for an increase in military manpower touched off a sharp increase in inquiries from the nation's...
- Jul 26, 2021
Financier Bernard Baruch Says U.S. Will Manage Berlin Crisis, Praises Kennedy
July 26, 1961 - Bernard M. Baruch, financier and friend of Presidents, said today that the U.S. had "all the resources to do all the...
- Jul 26, 2021
Kennedy Administration Wants Home Alarms for National Emergencies
July 26, 1961 - The Kennedy Administration asked Congress today for $10 million to put into operation a home buzzer system that would...
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