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On this day, June 26, 1963, President Kennedy said "Ich bin ein Berliner" to a vast crowd in West Berlin.
In retrospect, the picture of the women breaking away from the crowd and running up to his open-top Lincoln Continental to shake hands with him is ominous.
JFK in Berlin sixty years ago today, riding in his open Lincoln Continental through crowds in a city that was a dangerous flashpoint of Cold War:
JFK before saying “Ich bin ein Berliner” to vast crowd in West Berlin, today 1963:
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Wed Jun 26, 2024: On this day, June 26, 1963, President Kennedy said "Ich bin ein Berliner" to a vast crowd in West Berlin.
Tue Jun 27, 2023: On June 26, 1963, President Kennedy said "Ich bin ein Berliner" to a vast crowd in West Berlin
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