1960s Timeline

July 13, 1963 - A Los Angeles woman who lost 143 pounds and a La Puenta man who took off 78 pounds reigned today in Long Beach, Calif.,...

Dec. 6, 1962 - Here is a clip from President Kennedy’s remarks today at the First International Awards Dinner of the Joseph P. Kennedy...

Oct. 28, 1962 - Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt (pictured) was reported today as being seriously ill and not responding to treatment as had been...

Oct. 6, 1962 - The Air Force Surgeon General’s office has ordered Air Force hospitals and clinics to stop distributing free cigarettes to...

Sept. 13, 1962 - A health commissioner said today that the United States was a “nation of pill swallowers,” that this was dangerous, and...

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May 26, 1962 - In the White House Rose Garden today, President Kennedy spoke to members of the National Council of Senior Citizens about...

Headlines: President Kennedy takes on the AMA; in Vietnam, an American general’s son is wounded; Martin Luther King predicts the future;...

May 22, 1962 - The American Medical Association fired a television salvo last night against President Kennedy’s program for medical care...

May 20, 1962 - President Kennedy made the case for health care for the aged through Social Security today at a televised rally at Madison...

Sept. 28, 1961 - The series premiere of the medical drama "Dr. Kildare" will air at 8:30 p.m. tonight on NBC-TV. Like the earlier Kildare...

July 28, 1961 - Branch Rickey, who suffered a heart attack a month ago at his island summer home at Killarney, Ont., made preparations...

July 24, 1961 - Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy said today there had been a lot of talk but little action to improve the physical...

July 13, 1961 - Dr. Robert Soblen (left) was found guilty in New York today of wartime espionage for the Soviet Union. The defendant,...

July 11, 1961 - There was a mob scene today at Polyclinic Hospital in New York City. About 200 fans and 100 reporters and photographers...