On October 22, 1962, President John F. Kennedy went on television to inform Americans that Soviet nuclear missiles had been ...

The Cuban missile crisis of October 1962 was the moment that the United States and the Soviet Union came closest ...

Hollywood legend Marilyn Monroe had one of her most iconic moments at a Democratic Party event at Madison Square Garden in New York on May 19, 1962. That's when Monroe sang "Happy birthday, Mr.

Washington, D.C.'s performing arts center was named for President Kennedy after his assassination. But his vision for the arts as a cornerstone of democracy was shared by Eisenhower and Johnson.