"SOME MEN SEE THINGS AS THEY ARE & SAY WHY?. I DREAM THINGS THAT NEVER WERE & SAY WHY NOT?"

SENATOR ROBERT F. KENNEDY DIES

Los Angeles, California (JFK+50) On the morning of June 6, 1968, New York Senator Robert F. Kennedy died at the Good Samaritan Hospital here in Los Angeles.  Bobby was 42 years old.

The Senator's death, at 1:44 a.m., came more than 25 hours after he was shot in the kitchen of the Ambassador Hotel* following a speech celebrating his California primary victory. 

Doctors operated on RFK for 3 hours and 45 minutes but were pessimistic due to the extent of bullet and bone fragments they found scattered through the brain.

RFK was walking through the hotel kitchen pantry shaking hands with  employees when 24 year old Sirhan Sirhan** opened fire.  The assassin fired 8 shots from a 22 caliber Iver Johnson pistol.  3 shots of the 8 shots hit RFK.  

Five others were struck by bullets but all survived.  They included...
Elizabeth Evans, Ira Goldstein, Paul Schrade, Irwin Stroll and William Weisel.
With the Senator at the time of death were his wife Ethel, sister-in-law Jacqueline Kennedy, brother Ted, Peter Lawford and Steven Smith.

In speeches on the campaign trail, Bobby often spoke words from George Bernard Shaw...
  
"Some men see things as they are and say why. I dream things that never were & say why not?"***
     
*Ambassador Hotel (1921-1989) was located at 3400 Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles, California.  Designed by Myron Hunt and offering 500 rooms, it was frequented by many Hollywood celebrities.  Six Academy Award ceremonies were held there.

**Sirhan Bishara Sirhan was born in Jerusalem in 1944 and emigrated to the U.S. at the age of 12.  Described as a Palestinian Christian with Jordanian citizenship, he was tried for the murder of RFK in 1969  SBS was convicted and sentenced to death but received a commutation to life imprisonment in 1972. He has been held in solitary confinement at the Pleasant Valley State Prison in Colinga since October 2009. 

***RFK was paraphrasing Shaw's line from "Back to Methuselah Act 1, Selected Plays with Prefaces, Vol 2, p. 7",  (1949):  "You see things; and you say Why?  But I dream things that never were and I say "Why Not?"  This line was spoken by the Serpent to Eve.

 SOURCES

"Respectfully Quoted:  A Dictionary of Quotations," 1989, www.Bartleby.com/


 "RFK assassination witness willing to testify for Sirhan Sirhan's lawyers," by Brad Johnson and Michael Martinez, www.cnn.com/. 

Robert F. Kennedy on Campaign

Photo by Evan Freed (1968)

"AND NOW ITS ON TO CHICAGO & LET'S WIN THERE"

RFK ASSASSIN GIVEN THE DEATH PENALTY 50 YEARS AGO

Los Angeles, California (JFK+50) Fifty years ago, April 23, 1969, Sirhan Sirhan*, charged with killing Senator Robert F. Kennedy of New York in early June 1968, was given the death penalty.

After winning the California Primary on June 4, 1968,  RFK gave a short victory speech in which he said...

"And now its on to Chicago and let's win there."

The Senator and his party exited the ballroom of the Ambassador Hotel and then was shot as he was walking through the kitchen area shaking hands with employees.

In 1972, California abolished the Death Penalty and Sirhan's sentence was changed to Life.  At his 16th parole hearing in 2016, 91 year old Paul Schrade, who was shot in the assassination attempt, testified that Sirhan fired the shot that hit him, but did not believe Sirhan was in position to kill RFK.

Despite the testimony, parole was once again denied.  Sirhan claims he has no memory of the shooting.  

Sirhan Bishara Sirhan said, "It's all vague now."

*Sirhan Bishara Sirhan was born in 1944 in Jerusalem.  His family emigrated to the U.S. when he was 12.  SBS atteneded Pasadena City College  & is currently serving his sentence for the murder of RFK at the Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility in San Diego.

**Eyewitnesses in the pantry of the Ambassador Hotel at the time of the shooting said that Sirhan was always in front of RFK, but the autopsy reported RFK died as a result of a shot entering behind the right ear.

SOURCE

"Sirhan Sirhan denied parole despite a Kennedy confidant's call for assassin's release", by Peter Holley, The Washington Post, February 11, 2016, www.washingtonpost.com/

Sirhan Sirhan

EVEN IN DEATH BOBBY INSPIRES AN EFFORT TO IMPROVE THE LOT OF HUMANITY

50 YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF DEATH OF RFK

Los Angeles, California (JFK+50) New York Senator Robert F. Kennedy died 50 ago this morning, June 6, 1968, at the Good Samaritan Hospital here in Los Angeles.

The Senator's death at 1:44 a.m. came more than 25 hours after he was shot in the kitchen of the Ambassador Hotel* following a speech celebrating his California primary victory.  Doctors operated on RFK for 3 hours and 45 minutes but were pessimistic due to the extent of bullet and bone fragments they found scattered through the brain.

RFK had been walking through the hotel kitchen pantry and was shaking hands with some employees when 24 year old Sirhan Sirhan** opened fire.  The assassin fired 8 shots from a 22 caliber Iver Johnson pistol.  3 shots hit RFK.  

Five other people were struck by bullets but all survived.  They included...
Elizabeth Evans, Ira Goldstein, Paul Schrade, Irwin Stroll and William Weisel.
With the Senator at the time of death were his wife Ethel, sister-in-law Jacqueline Kennedy, brother Ted, Peter Lawford and Steven Smith.

"Bobby is now in the realm of legend and myth, and even in death inspires an effort to improve the lot of humanity."

                                   William J. Eaton, 1969
     
*The Ambassador Hotel (1921-1989) was located at 3400 Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles, California.  Designed by Myron Hunt and offering 500 rooms, it was frequented by many Hollywood celebrities.  Six Academy Award ceremonies were held there.

**Sirhan Bishara Sirhan was born in Jerusalem in 1944 and emigrated to the U.S. at the age of 12.  Described as a Palestinian Christian with Jordanian citizenship, he was tried for the murder of RFK in 1969  SBS was convicted and sentenced to death but received a commutation to life imprisonment in 1972. He has been held in solitary confinement at the Pleasant Valley State Prison in Colinga since October 2009.  

SOURCE

 "RFK assassination witness willing to testify for Sirhan Sirhan's lawyers," by Brad Johnson and Michael Martinez, www.cnn.com/. 

Robert F. Kennedy on Campaign

Photo by Evan Freed (1968)

WHO KILLED BOBBY?

RFK SHOT 50 YEARS AGO AFTER WINNING CALIFORNIA PRIMARY 

Los Angeles (JFK+50) New York Senator Robert F. Kennedy, after winning the Democratic California Primary, was shot in the kitchen pantry at the Ambassador Hotel here in Los Angeles 50 years ago today, June 5, 1968.

RFK was the projected winner over Senator Eugene J. McCarthy** of Minnesota.  The final tabulation of votes gave him a 46 to 42 percentage victory.  The Senator had just spoken to supporters in the hotel's ballroom and left the stage entering the kitchen pantry.  The speech concluded at 12:15 a.m. Pacific time.

As RFK walked through the pantry shaking hands with hotel employees, shots rang out.  One bullet struck the Senator just behind the right ear and entered the brain.  A reporter, speaking into his audio tape recorder, shouted "Senator Kennedy has been shot!  Is that possible?" 

The assassin, identified as Sirhan Sirhan, was restrained by Kennedy aides and bystanders and was taken into custody by officers of the Los Angeles Police Department.*

Senator Robert Francis Kennedy died on June 6, 1968 at the age of 42.

*Shane O'Sullivan's "Who Killed Bobby? The Unsolved Murder of Robert F. Kennedy," 2008, argues that many disturbing questions about RFK's death remain unanswered. While Sirhan's pistol held 8 bullets, for example, tests from the only audio recording available made during the shooting suggests that at least 10 shots were fired.

O'Sullivan writes...

"This new audio evidence seems to vindicate key eyewitnesses like Kennedy aides Paul Schrade and Frank Burns (and others who)...for forty years...have all insisted that Sirhan never got close enough to fire the fatal shot (that hit RFK behind the right ear) described in the autopsy."

SOURCES

"RFK in 1968: a hard struggle against long odds," by Arthur L. Cyr, The Seattle Times, May 28, 2008.

"Who Killed Bobby? The Unsolved Murder of Robert F. Kennedy," by Shane O'Sullivan, Union Square Press, New York, 2008.

RFK Speaks from Campaign Train

May 1968

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English Wikipedia

IT'S ALL VAGUE NOW!

DEATH PENALTY TO SIRHAN SIRHAN

Los Angeles, California (JFK+50) On April 23, 1969, Sirhan Sirhan*, who was charged with killing Senator Robert F. Kennedy of New York on June 5, 1968, was given the death penalty.

After winning the California Primary on June 4, RFK had just completed a short victory speech in the ballroom of the Ambassador Hotel here in Los Angeles when he was shot.

In 1972, California abolished the Death Penalty and Sirhan's sentence was changed to Life.  At his 16th parole hearing in 2016, 91 year old Paul Schrade, who was shot in the assassination attempt, testified that Sirhan fired the shot that hit him, but did not believe Sirhan was in position to kill RFK.

Despite the testimony, parole was once again denied.  Sirhan claims that he has no memory of the shooting.  He said, "It's all vague now."

*Sirhan Bishara Sirhan was born in 1944 in Jerusalem.  His family emigrated to the U.S. when he was 12.  SBS atteneded Pasadena City College  & is currently serving his sentence for the murder of RFK at the Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility in San Diego.

**Eyewitnesses in the pantry of the Ambassador Hotel at the time of the shooting said that Sirhan Sirhan was always in front of RFK, but the autopsy reported RFK died as a result of a shot entering behind the right ear.

SOURCE

"Sirhan Sirhan denied parole despite a Kennedy confidant's call for assassin's release", by Peter Holley, The Washington Post, February 11, 2016, www.washingtonpost.com/

Sirhan Sirhan

SENATOR KENNEDY HAS BEEN SHOT. IS THAT POSSIBLE?

JFK+50:  Volume 6, No. 1971

RFK SHOT 48 YEARS AGO AFTER WINNING CALIFORNIA PRIMARY 

Los Angeles, California (JFK+50) New York Senator Robert Francis Kennedy*, after having won the Democratic California Primary, was shot in the kitchen pantry at the Ambassador Hotel here in Los Angeles forty-eight years ago today, June 5, 1968.

RFK was the projected winner over Senator Eugene J. McCarthy** of Minnesota.  The final tabulation of votes gave him a 46 to 42 percentage victory.   President Lyndon B. Johnson had announced his decision in late March not to seek another term.

Senator Kennedy had just spoken to supporters in the hotel's ballroom and left the stage entering the kitchen pantry.  The speech concluded at 12:15 a.m. Pacific, 3:15 a.m. Eastern time.

As the Senator walked through the pantry shaking hands with some of the hotel employees, shots rang out.  One bullet struck the Senator just behind the right ear and entered the brain.  While other bystanders were also hit by bullets, Mr. Kennedy was the only one who would lose his life.

A reporter, speaking into his audio tape recorder, shouted "Senator Kennedy has been shot!  Is that possible?" 

The assassin, identified as Sirhan Sirhan, was restrained by Kennedy aides and bystanders and was taken into custody by officers of the Los Angeles Police Department.***

Senator Robert Francis Kennedy died on June 6, 1968 at the age of 42.

*Robert F. Kennedy (1925-1968) was born in Brookline, Massachusetts and graduated from Harvard and the University of Virginia School of Law. 
RFK was manager of JFK's 1952 Senate and 1960 Presidential campaigns.  He served as Attorney General from 1961 to 1964 and as US Senator 1965-1968.

**Eugene J. McCarthy (1916-2005) was born in Watkins, Minnesota and graduated from St. John's University and the University of Minnesota.  He was a professor at St. John's 1940-43.  EJM served in the House of Representatives 1949-1959 and in the Senate 1959-1971.  

***Shane O'Sullivan's "Who Killed Bobby? The Unsolved Murder of Robert F. Kennedy," 2008, argues that many disturbing questions about RFK's death remain unanswered. 

While Sirhan's pistol held 8 bullets, for example, tests from the only audio recording available made during the shooting suggests that at least 10 shots were fired.

O'Sullivan writes...

"This new audio evidence seems to vindicate key eyewitnesses like Kennedy aides Paul Schrade and Frank Burns (and others who)...for forty years...have all insisted that Sirhan never got close enough to fire the fatal shot (that hit RFK behind the right ear) described in the autopsy."

SOURCES

"RFK in 1968: a hard struggle against long odds," by Arthur L. Cyr, The Seattle Times, May 28, 2008.

"Who Killed Bobby? The Unsolved Murder of Robert F. Kennedy," by Shane O'Sullivan, Union Square Press, New York, 2008.

Senator Robert F. Kennedy

(D) New York

RFK DIES IN LOS ANGELES

BOB KENNEDY DIED 47 YEARS AGO

Los Angeles, California (JFK+50) New York Senator Robert F. Kennedy died forty-seven years ago this morning, June 6, 1968, at the Good Samaritan Hospital here in Los Angeles.

The Senator's death at 1:44 a.m. came more than 25 hours after he was shot in the kitchen of the Ambassador Hotel* following a speech celebrating his California primary victory.  Doctors operated on Senator Kennedy for 3 hours and 45 minutes but were pessimistic due to the extent of bullet and bone fragments they found scattered through the brain.

RFK had been walking through the hotel kitchen pantry and was shaking hands with some employees when 24 year old Sirhan Sirhan** opened fire.  The assassin fired 8 shots from a 22 caliber Iver Johnson pistol.  3 shots hit RFK.  

Five other people were struck by bullets but all survived.  They included...
Elizabeth Evans, Ira Goldstein, Paul Schrade, Irwin Stroll and William Weisel.
With the Senator at the time of death were his wife Ethel, sister-in-law Jacqueline Kennedy, brother Ted, Peter Lawford and Steven Smith.

SOURCE

 "RFK assassination witness willing to testify for Sirhan Sirhan's lawyers," by Brad Johnson and Michael Martinez, www.cnn.com/. 

Robert F. Kennedy on Campaign

Photo by Evan Freed (1968)

"Bobby is now in the realm of legend and myth, and even in death inspires an effort to improve the lot of humanity."

                                   William J. Eaton, 1969
     
*The Ambassador Hotel (1921-1989) was located at 3400 Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles, California.  Designed by Myron Hunt and offering 500 rooms, it was frequented by many Hollywood celebrities.  Six Academy Award ceremonies were held there.

The hotel was the home of the famous Coconut Grove night club.  It closed in 1989 and was demolished in 2005.

The Ambassador Hotel

Los Angeles, California (2004)

**Sirhan Bishara Sirhan was born in Jerusalem in 1944 and emigrated to the U.S. at the age of 12.  Described as a Palestinian Christian with Jordanian citizenship, he was tried for the murder of RFK in 1969

Sirhan was convicted and sentenced to death but received a commutation to life imprisonment in 1972. He has been held in solitary confinement at the Pleasant Valley State Prison in Colinga since October 2009.  

INVASION!
JUNE 6 1944

London, U.K. (JFK+50) More than 160,000 Allied troops from the decks of 5,000 ships took part in the largest amphibious assault in history seventy-one years ago today, June 6, 1944.

 The landings, which were made in Normandy on the northern coast of France, were preceded by airborne assault landings by 24,000 British, American, Canadian and Free French troops.

A beachhead was established along a 50 mile stretch of beach divided into five sections code named... Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno and Sword.

The Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force, General Dwight D. Eisenhower, said in a radio address to the troops before the historic day began:

"Soldiers, sailors and airmen of the American Expeditionary Force:
You are about to embark upon the Great Crusade toward which we have striven these many months.  The eyes of the world are upon you.  The hopes and prayers of liberty loving people everywhere march with you."

D Day Landing

 Photo by Robert F. Sargent, USCG

SIRHAN SENTENCED TO DEATH

RFK ASSASSIN SENTENCED TO DEATH PENALTY 45 YEARS AGO 

Los Angeles, California (JFK+50) 45 years ago today, April 23, 1969, Sirhan Sirhan, who shot Senator Robert F. Kennedy of New York on June 5, 1968, was given the death penalty.

Senator Kennedy, formerly Attorney General for President John F. Kennedy, ran for the Democratic nomination for President in 1968. 

RFK announced his candidacy by saying...

"I run not to oppose any man, but to propose new policies."  

Bob Kennedy was particularly concerned about the war in Vietnam.

After winning the California Primary on June 4, RFK had just completed a short victory speech in the ballroom of the Ambassador Hotel here in Los Angeles when he was shot.

In 1972, California abolished the Death Penalty and Sirhan's sentence was changed to Life. 

 He continues to serve his sentence today.

        RFK Assassin, Sirhan Sirhan


CASTRO FREES LAST BAY OF PIGS PRISONERS

Havana, Cuba (JFK+50) 51 years ago today, April 23, 1963, Premier Fidel Castro,  communist dictator of Cuba, freed the last group of prisoners of war taken at the failed Bay of Pigs invasion in April 1961.

Attorney General Robert Kennedy called on Cuban exiles to form a unified group for more effective interaction with the administration on Cuban policy.

                          Fidel Castro

COSMONAUT DIED 47 YEARS AGO TODAY

Moscow (JFK+50) 47 years ago today, April 23, 1967, Soviet Cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov lost his life as the parachute which was to bring him safely back to earth failed to deploy.

Komarov, who made his 1st space journey in 1964, had completed 24 hours and 16 orbits aboard Soyuz I when he experienced problems on re-entry to the earth's atmosphere.

He made two additional orbits, re-entered successfully, but his previous issues had caused the parachute to jam.  

At 23,000 feet the chute failed to deploy and the spacecraft plunged to the earth.

Mr. Komarov was cremated and his ashes were buried in the Kremlin Wall.

   Soviet Comonaut Vladimir Komarov

BOBBY KENNEDY DIED 45 YEARS AGO THIS MORNING, JUNE 6, 1968

June 6, 2013

BOBBY KENNEDY DIED 45 YEARS AGO THIS MORNING, JUNE 6, 1968

Los Angeles, California (JFK+50) New York Senator Robert F. Kennedy died 45 years ago this morning, June 6, 1968, at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Los Angeles.

The Senator's death at 1:44 a.m. came more than 25 hours after he was shot in the kitchen of the AMBASSADOR HOTEL* following a speech celebrating his California primary victory.

Doctors operated on RFK for 3 hours and 45 minutes but were pessimistic due to the extent of bullet and bone fragments they found scattered through the brain.

Senator Kennedy had been walking through the hotel kitchen pantry and was shaking hands with some employees when 24 year old SIRHAN SIRHAN** opened fire.

The assassin fired 8 shots from a 22 caliber Iver Johnson pistol.  3 shots hit RFK.  One entered at point blank range behind the right ear while the other two entered behind RFK's right armpit.

Five other people were struck by bullets but all survived.  They included...

Elizabeth Evans
Ira Goldstein
Paul Schrade
Irwin Stroll
William Weisel


JFK+50 Note

Just as in the JFK and MLK assassinations, there has been discussion about the possibility of a conspiracy in the killing of RFK.

Last year, as reported by Brad Johnson and Michael Martinez of CNN, eyewitness NINA RHODES-HUGHES, who was standing a few feet behind RFK when he was shot, offered to testify at the next parole hearing for Sirhan that she heard 12 to 14 shots.

SOURCE:  "RFK assassination witness willing to testify for Sirhan Sirhan's lawyers," by Brad Johnson and Michael Martinez, www.cnn.com/. 

http://www.cnn.com/2012/07/08/justice/california-rfk-second-gun



With the Senator at the time of death were his wife Ethel, sister-in-law Jacqueline Kennedy, brother Ted, Peter Lawford and Steven Smith.

Robert F. Kennedy was 42 years old.

       Robert F. Kennedy on Campaign
           Photo by Evan Freed (1968)

"Bobby is now in the realm of legend and myth, and even in death inspires an effort to improve the lot of humanity."

                                                                                    William J. Eaton, 1969
     

*The Ambassador Hotel (1921-1989) was located at 3400 Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles, California.  Designed by Myron Hunt and offering 500 rooms, it was frequented by many Hollywood celebrities.  Six Academy Award ceremonies were held there.

The hotel was the home of the famous Coconut Grove night club.  It closed in 1989 and was demolished in 2005.

                     The Ambassador Hotel
             Los Angeles, California (2004)

**Sirhan Bishara Sirhan was born in Jerusalem in 1944 and emigrated to the U.S. at the age of 12.  Described as a Palestinian Christian with Jordanian citizenship, he was tried for the murder of RFK in 1969.  Sirhan was convicted and sentenced to death but received a commutation to life imprisonment in 1972.

Sirhan Sirhan has been held in solitary confinement at the Pleasant Valley State Prison in Colinga since October 2009.  Repeated attempts for parole have been denied.

     

RFK SHOT AFTER WINNING CALIFORNIA PRIMARY

June 5, 1968


RFK SHOT AFTER WINNING CALIFORNIA PRIMARY



After having been projected as the winner of the 1968 California Democratic Primary, New York Senator Robert F. Kennedy was shot early this morning at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles.


Senator Kennedy won the California Primary over Senator Eugene McCarthy of Minnesota.


RFK had just completed a victory statement to his supporters in the ballroom of the Ambassador Hotel.  He was walking through the hotel kitchen when shots rang out.

             The Ambassador Hotel
      Los Angeles, California (2004)


It  was 12:15 a.m. PDT, as Kennedy was shaking hands with hotel employees, when he was approached by a "guy who...came out of the corner near the ice machine" according to a witness.


LA Times reporter Boris Yaro said:


"Kennedy backed up as the gunman fired at him from point blank range."


One of the shots hit Senator Kennedy in the head.  He fell to the floor of the kitchen with his head laying in a pool of blood.


Later the bushy haired 24 year old would-be assassin was identified by Los Angeles Mayor Samuel Yorty as Sirhan Bishara Sirhan, a Jordanian immigrant born in Jerusalem.  Sirhan came to the US in 1957.


The weapon was recovered & identified as a 22 caliber Iver-Johnson Cadet pistol.


In addition to RFK, 5 others were wounded:  Paul Schrade, a UAW official, William Weisel of ABC News, Ira Goldstein of Continental News, Elizabeth Evans & Irwin Stroll.  


The Senator was taken by ambulance to Central Receiving Hospital & then transferred to Good Samaritan Hospital.


Mr. Kennedy was taken into surgery at 2:45 a.m. (PDT).


RFK's Press Secretary, Frank Mankiewicz, kept reporters up to date on the progress of the surgery.  


He announced that RFK's condition is listed as "extremely critical as to life."*


*Source: "Triumphant Victor-Tragic Victim" by Jack V. Fox.  The Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy, by the editors of UPI & Cowles Education Corporation.

          RFK's Victory Speech
        The Ambassador Hotel
        Los Angeles, California


June 4 & 5, 1968


John White's Diary


I have been recording the audio of television & radio coverage of the California Primary this evening.  


Election officials in California were having some problems getting the returns counted, so it was to be a long night.


Finally, I was pleased to hear them announce that Robert Kennedy was projected to win. 


 Although it was getting very late, I wanted to stay up & listen to the Senator's victory speech.


As soon as RFK finished speaking, my local television station played the National Anthem & signed off.  It was 3:15 a.m. in Knoxville, Tennessee.  I went to bed.


About 8 a.m., a friend telephoned & woke me up.  He said "Robert Kennedy was shot last night."
I told him he must be mistaken because I stayed up until TV sign-off  at 3:15 a.m. & at that time he was fine.*


*I had been watching ABC-TV coverage of the California Primary & although their feed continued to be available nationwide, the local Knoxville affiliate signed off the air immediately after the victory speech.

          1960s Television Test Pattern


SENATOR KENNEDY'S LAST SPEECH


"What has been going on in the United States...the division, the violence....whether its between black & white, between the poor & the more affluent or between age groups or over the war in Vietnam.....we can start to work together."


June 5, 2004


PRESIDENT REAGAN DEAD AT 93


Ronald Wilson Reagan, the 40th President of the United States (1981-1989),  passed away today at his home in Bel Air, California.


President Reagan was diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease in August 1994.


Ronald Reagan, former Governor of California, defeated Jimmy Carter in 1980.  He promised to restore national pride & strengthen the economy.


Shortly after his inauguration, President Reagan was shot but survived.


Reagan's high moment as President came on June 12, 1987 when he visited Berlin & said these words:


"General Secretary Gorbachev, if you seek liberalization, come here to this gate.  Mr. Gorbachev, open this gate.  Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall."

"Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!"
        President Reagan in Berlin
                   June 12, 1987


June 5, 1961


KENNEDYS ATTEND CHRISTENING IN LONDON


President & Mrs. John F. Kennedy attended the christening this afternoon of Anna Christina Radziwill, the daughter of Prince & Princess Radziwill.


The mother of the child, Lee Radziwill, is Jacqueline Kennedy's sister.


The President of the United States became the child's godfather.


A reception was held at the Radziwill residence following the ceremony.  


Later in the evening, the Kennedys attended a dinner given by Queen Elizabeth & Prince Philip at Buckingham Palace.


Mr. & Mrs. Kennedy departed for the Washington, D.C. at 11:40 pm London time.

Mrs. Kennedy, JFK & Princess Radziwill
    Crypt Chapel, Westminster Abbey
            Photo by Jacques Lowe


June 5, 1963


JFK SPEAKS AT AIR FORCE ACADEMY


President Kennedy spoke today at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado.


He said that the US plans to build supersonic transport planes for commercial use.  


The visit to the AF Academy begins a 5 day tour of the Western states for JFK. 

        US Air Force Academy Air Gardens
             Colorado Springs, Colorado