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Mar 24, 2022

First Lady and Princess Radziwill Order Karakul Hats

Mar. 24, 1962 - Princess Lee Radziwill said today that she and her sister, Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy, had ordered karakul hats like the one...

Mar 24, 2022

Nixon Calls Kennedys "Carpetbaggers"

Mar. 24, 1962 - While campaigning for Governor of California in the southern part of the state yesterday, former Vice President Richard...

Mar 24, 2022

President Kennedy Meets with General Eisenhower in Palm Desert

Mar. 24, 1962 - President Kennedy and General Dwight D. Eisenhower met in Palm Desert, Calif., today for a 51-minute chat that ended with...

Mar 24, 2022

Mrs. Kennedy Explores Pakistan, Receives Two Sheep

Mar. 24, 1962 - Two live sheep were presented to Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy today by tribal chieftains at the foot of the historic Khyber...

Mar 23, 2022

VIDEO: President Kennedy's Berkeley Address

Mar. 23, 1962 - Here is video of President Kennedy’s address today at Memorial Stadium at the University of California at Berkeley. #JFK...

Mar 23, 2022

300 Demonstrators Picket Kennedy at Berkeley

Mar. 23, 1962 - Critics and defenders of Administration policies stuck to plans to picket President Kennedy’s visit to the University of...

Mar 23, 2022

President Kennedy Speaks at University of California, Berkeley

Mar. 23, 1962 - President Kennedy said today that the democratic world could look forward to the future with “a new confidence.” The tide...

Mar 23, 2022

Correspondents in Saigon Frustrated

Mar. 23, 1962 - One of the battles being fought in South Vietnam involves the problem of finding out what is going on and reporting it to...

Mar 23, 2022

President Witness Missile Launch at Vanderberg Air Force Base

Mar. 23, 1962 - President Kennedy witnessed a successful launching of an Atlas-D missile at Vanderberg Air Force Base in California...

Mar 23, 2022

De Gaulle: Smash the Terrorists

Mar. 23, 1962 - President de Gaulle ordered today the “pitiless” repression of “the armed insurrection” in Algeria. He declared that...

Mar 22, 2022

Contralto Marian Anderson Meets President, Performs for Washington Officials

Mar. 22, 1962 - Marian Anderson, the contralto, exchanged mementos with President Kennedy today. Their meeting preceded a concert she...

Mar 22, 2022

VIDEO: "Airport in the Jet Age"

Mar. 22, 1962 - "Airport in the Jet Age" is an educational film about modern airplane travel. #history #1960s #historyinpictures...

Mar 22, 2022

Air Force Ejects Bear from B-58 At Altitude of 35,000 Feet

Mar. 22, 1962 - The Air Force ejected a bear strapped inside a capsule from a B-58 traveling 870 miles an hour at an altitude of 35,000...

Mar 22, 2022

U.S. Officials: Tide May Be Turning in Vietnam

Mar. 22, 1962 - United States authorities are cautiously optimistic that the tide may soon start turning against the Communists in South...

Mar 22, 2022

Mrs. Kennedy Receives Horse in Pakistan

Mar. 22, 1962 - Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy received a horse today from President Mohammad Ayub Khan of Pakistan. She also saw the Shalamar...

Mar 22, 2022

East German Police Fire at Car of U.S. Military Mission in Berlin

Mar. 22, 1962 - East German policemen fired at a car of the U.S. military mission attached to Soviet forces in East Germany, an Army...

Mar 21, 2022

Nixon Rejects Kennedy's Denial of 1960 Cuban Invasion Briefing

Mar. 21, 1962 - Richard M. Nixon declined today in the face of a Presidential denial to alter his contention that Senator John F. Kennedy...

Mar 21, 2022

President Reflects on Plight of Reservists

Mar. 21, 1962 - President Kennedy (pictured aboard the PT-109 in the South Pacific in 1943) commiserated today with impatient Reservists...

Mar 21, 2022

President Optimistic on Health Care Bill for Aged

Mar. 21, 1962 - The Administration bill to add medical care for the aged to the Social Security system has a “good chance” of passage...

Mar 21, 2022

Highlights From President Kennedy's Press Conference

Mar. 21, 1962 - Following are some of the highlights of President Kennedy’s press conference:  Space — The President said he was...