A Minor Victory for South Vietnamese Troops and Their U.S. Advisors
Mar. 2, 1962 - United States Army helicopters, grounded since Tuesday’s attempt by two Vietnamese Air Force pilot to assassinate...
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- Mar 1, 2022
Kennedy to Speak to Nation Tomorrow on Nukes
Mar. 1, 1962 - President Kennedy will address the nation tomorrow night on “nuclear testing and disarmament,” the White House announced...
- Mar 1, 2022
Kennedy: America Carries the Worldwide Struggle from Freedom
Mar. 1, 1962 - President Kennedy warned Americans today that they must bear the heavy burden of protecting freedom throughout the world...
- Mar 1, 2022
Secretary Rusk Blames Communists for Violence in Vietnam
Mar. 1, 1962 - Secretary of State Dean Rusk said today that the fighting in South Vietnam could end overnight if Communist nations would...
- Mar 1, 2022
President Kennedy Attends Prayer Breakfast
Mar. 1, 1962 - Some of the nation’s leaders gathered for a prayer breakfast in Washington today. They heard President Kennedy say that...
- Feb 28, 2022
Thirtieth Anniversary of Lindbergh Kidnapping
Feb. 28, 1962 - Thirty years ago tonight, Charles A. Lindbergh Jr., 19 months old, was abducted from his crib on the second floor of his...
- Feb 28, 2022
President Kennedy Calls on Americans to Contribute to Red Cross
Feb. 28, 1962 - President Kennedy called on all Americans today to contribute generously to the Red Cross “in these difficult times.” In...
- Feb 28, 2022
Robert and Ethel Kennedy Return from World Tour
Feb. 28, 1962 - Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy (pictured at Idlewild Airport) returned from his month’s tour around the world today...
- Feb 28, 2022
Pilot Who Bombed Diem Palace is Interviewed
Feb. 28, 1962 - One of the two pilots who attacked South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem’s palace was quoted today as having said...
- Feb 27, 2022
Robert F. Kennedy Meets with DeGaulle in Paris
Feb. 27, 1962 - Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy spent 40 minutes with President de Gaulle in Paris today. Mr. Kennedy said later it...
- Feb 27, 2022
Board of Inquiry Affirms Francis Gary Powers' Performance
Feb. 27, 1962 - A special board of inquiry has concluded that Francis Gary Powers, the U-2 pilot whose plane was downed over the Soviet...
- Feb 27, 2022
South Vietnam: Bombing of Palace Isolated Incident
Feb. 27, 1962 - The Government of South Vietnam announced today that the bombing of the Presidential Palace early yesterday morning had...
- Feb 26, 2022
U.S. Officials: Diem in Control in South Vietnam
Feb. 26, 1962 - U.S. officials said tonight that President Ngo Dinh Diem was in control of the situation in South Vietnam after a bombing...
- Feb 26, 2022
President Kennedy Speaks to Employees of Voice of America
Feb. 26, 1962 - President Kennedy told employees of the Voice of America today that their job was to tell the truth about the United...
- Feb 26, 2022
South Vietnamese President Diem's Palace Bombed
Feb. 26, 1962 - Two fighter-bombers bearing markings of the South Vietnamese Air Force attacked President Ngo Dinh Diem’s today with...
- Feb 25, 2022
Moscow Denounces Kennedy World Tour
Feb. 25, 1962 - The travels of the Kennedy brothers resulted in a violent denunciation from Moscow today. Attorney General Robert F....
- Feb 25, 2022
Edward M. Kennedy Visits Irish Kinfolk
Feb. 25, 1962 - Edward M. Kennedy, the youngest brother of President Kennedy, arrived in Dublin from London today on what he described as...
- Feb 25, 2022
United States Will Continue Offering All Necessary Aid to Vietnam
Feb. 25, 1962 - The U.S. is not interested in engaging in any international consultations over the situation in Vietnam as demanded by...
- Feb 24, 2022
Robert F. Kennedy: Democracy is "Wave of the Future"
Feb. 24, 1962 - Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy (pictured with Mayor Willy Brandt of West Berlin) predicted today that Eastern Europe...
- Feb 24, 2022
Communist China Protests American Buildup in Vietnam
Feb. 24, 1962 - Communist China declared today that its security was seriously affected by an “undeclared war” waged by the U.S. in South...
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