Category Archives: Cold War

Vice President Johnson concludes Asia trip

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(Wednesday, May 24, 1961) — U.S. Vice President Lyndon Johnson flew into Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland, today, concluding a 15-day globe circling tour that took him to seven nations threatened by Communists, including South Vietnam.

Kennedy asks Canada to be partner in hemisphere aid

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Kennedy arrives at House of Commons, May 17, 1961

(Wednesday, May 17, 1961) — U.S. President John F. Kennedy urged Canada today to become a partner with the United States in Western Hemisphere affairs. In a speech to Parliament he declared his belief that “all the free members of the Organization of American States would be heartened and strengthened by any increase in your hemispheric role.”  Continue reading Kennedy asks Canada to be partner in hemisphere aid

Kennedy strains injured back

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JFK tree planting (@ 1:39)

(Tuesday, May 16, 1961) — U.S. President John F. Kennedy, having just arrived for a state visit in Ottawa, Canada, badly strained his injured back tonight during a tree planting ceremony on the lawn of Government House. It couldn’t have happened at a worse time. He would be dependent on massive injections of painkillers as he faced Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev in Vienna next month.

JFK pledges bigger U.S. space effort

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(Friday, May 5, 1961, 3:30pm ET) — President John F. Kennedy hailed his nation’s first manned shot into space today, and pledged “a substantially larger effort in that field” during a news conference. Continue reading JFK pledges bigger U.S. space effort

President promises to be ‘candid’

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JFK speech on secret societies + transcript/subtitles

(Thursday, April 27, 1961) — President Kennedy told American newspaper publishers in New York tonight that his administration intends to be candid about his errors following the failed Bay of Pigs invasion. As a wise man once said, Kennedy recalled, “an error doesn’t become a mistake until you refuse to correct it.” “We intend,” he assured, “to accept full responsibility for our errors; and we expect you to point them out when we miss them.”

Kennedy pledges a free Cuba

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(Thursday, April 20, 1961) — President Kennedy, following the anti-Castro Bay of Pigs invasion had been crushed, said today that United States’ restraint is “not inexhaustible” and that we do not intend to abandon Cuba to communism (CLICK HERE to watch Kennedy’s Apr. 20, 1961, speech).