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4 days ago · Oct. 5, 1964: “R. Sargent Shriver, director of the Peace Corps and the new Office of Economic Opportunity, will speak at 8 p.m. Friday at Stepan Center on the University of Notre Dame campus ...
3 days ago · August 1963: 2-5. Description. Silent motion picture containing candid footage of President John F. Kennedy's family weekend at Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, and Squaw Island, Massachusetts.
2 days ago · Finally, he named United States ambassador to France Sargent Shriver, a brother-in-law of John F. Kennedy. [221] McGovern's 1,000 percent statement and subsequent reneging made him look both indecisive and an opportunist, and has since been considered one of the worst gaffes in presidential campaign history. [ 217 ]
2 days ago · Sargent Shriver (JFK's brother-in-law), Ted Kennedy,” Kelley said. “That's what started it.” “That's what started it.” Boston connections propelled his political journey into state and ...
2 days ago · In the presidential election of 1972, Nixon and Agnew were re-elected for a second term, defeating Senator George McGovern and his running mate Sargent Shriver in one of the largest landslides in American history.
2 days ago · Former President Jimmy Carter celebrates his 100th birthday today and the nation marks a milestone. Though a few retired presidents have reached a 90th birthday, Carter is the first former chief executive and commander in chief to reach the magical century mark. The entire nation should pause to wish our 39th president a very happy birthday.
6 days ago · Shriver discusses her lobbying efforts for mental retardation, development of task force on health and social welfare, the National Institute of Child Health, the 1963 White House Conference on Mental Retardation.
