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1 Oct 1963
  • USS Shangri-La was assigned to the US Navy 6th Fleet. ww2dbase [Shangri-La | CPC]
  • USS Shangri-La was assigned to the US Navy 6th Fleet. ww2dbase [Shangri-La | CPC]
Photo(s) dated 1 Oct 1963
US Chief of Protocol Angier Biddle Duke, Princess Hirut Desta of Ethiopia, US First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia, and US President John Kennedy, Union Station, Washington, United States, 1 Oct 1963; also present were US Captain Tazewell Shepard (in naval uniform, behind Haile Selassie I), and Ambassadors Mostafa Kamel of United Arab Republic and Osman El Hadari of Sudan (both at right edge of photograph)

1 Oct 1963 Interactive Map

Timeline Section Founder: Thomas Houlihan
Contributors: Alan Chanter, C. Peter Chen, Thomas Houlihan, Hugh Martyr, David Stubblebine
Special Thanks: Rory Curtis




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