John Fitzgerald Kennedy and his wife are cheered at a New York ticker tape parade on October 19, 1960, during the 1960 Presidential campaign. A large crowd gathered in New York City during a ticker tape parade for Senator John F Kennedy on October 19, 1960 near the end of the campaign. John F. Kennedy and his wife Jacqueline Kennedy in an open roof car wave and smile at the crowd. Views of Republican candidate Richard Nixon and his wife Pat Nixon campaigning. The scrolling text marquee on the New York Times building at One Times Square in New York flashes news of Kennedy taking lead in New Jersey on election night. Next scene shows United States President elect John F. Kennedy as he shakes hands with President Dwight Eisenhower on the steps of the White House.
Significant events and happenings in the year 1966. Seven nation summit conference on Vietnam in Manila. Pope Paul VI meets with the Archbishop of Canterbury Michael Ramsey in Rome, Italy. Wedding of the year in which President Lyndon Johnson's daughter, Luci Baines Johnson weds Patrick Nugent. Rescue workers take out victims of floods and landslides in various parts of world. American people cast their votes in the elections.
American people in the 1966 elections choose governors, senators, and congressman. Governor George W. Romney wins the elections in Michigan. He smiles after his victory. Charles Percy wins in Illinois. Edward Brooke wins elections in Massachusetts as the first African American Senator ever in the U.S. history. Governor Nelson Rockefeller wins for his third term as the governor of New York. Hollywood actor Ronald Reagan after winning elections in California addresses an assembly. Mrs. Lurleen Wallace after winning the elections of Alabama waves towards people along with her husband, former Governor Wallace. Oath taking of new senators and governors at an official ceremony as President Lyndon Johnson watches.
The 1966 University of Texas tower shooting. 24-year-old student Charles Whitman kills 16 and injures 33 persons at the University of Texas in Austin, Texas. Policemen and security guards take position and try to reach the sniper at the top of the University of Texas Main Building tower (110 Inner Campus Drive, Austin, TX 78705, United States). Students hide and run away from the tower. A large crowd of students and other people gathered following the aftermath of the mass shooting. Shot guns, rifles, revolvers, and other weapons recovered from the sniper who was killed by policemen.
Wedding of Luci Baines Johnson in Washington DC. Nineteen years old first daughter of the U.S. President Lucy Bains Johnson weds Patrick Nugent at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception (400 Michigan Ave NE, Washington, DC 20017, United States). Nuns and civilians watch Luci Baines Johnson and Patrick Nugent outside the basilica. The newlywed couple walks out of a church and the bride waves towards her friends and relatives at the venue. Lucy wears the wedding ring. The couple cuts wedding cake. U.S. President Lyndon Johnson stands by them as they cut the cake.
NASA Lunar Orbiter 2 takes off to photograph areas of the moon, on November 6, 1966.The space ship in space. Scientists work reviewing film and photos of potential landing zones for man's future attempt to land on the moon (stated as a 1970 goal by the narrator), as part of the Apollo program. Next part of clip shows scenes from NASA Gemini missions in 1966. Space walk by astronauts tied with a tether to the space ship. Astronauts docking with Agena Target Vehicles. Astronauts David Scott and Neil Armstrong welcomed after their return from space at conclusion of Gemini VIII (Gemini 8) mission. They emerge from a helicopter and walk on a deck. Narrator mentions that in same year a U.S.-Russian space treaty was signed for disarmament of space.
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