Aug 14, 2022U-2 Pilot Powers Divorcing WifeAug. 14, 1962 - Francis Gary Powers, the former U-2 pilot, filed suit today in Milledgeville, Ga., to divorce his 26-year-old wife...
Mar 21, 2022Nixon Rejects Kennedy's Denial of 1960 Cuban Invasion BriefingMar. 21, 1962 - Richard M. Nixon declined today in the face of a Presidential denial to alter his contention that Senator John F. Kennedy...
Feb 27, 2022Board of Inquiry Affirms Francis Gary Powers' Performance Feb. 27, 1962 - A special board of inquiry has concluded that Francis Gary Powers, the U-2 pilot whose plane was downed over the Soviet...
Feb 17, 2022McCone Replaces Bissell with Richard Helms at CIAFeb. 17, 1962 - John A. McCone (pictured), the new director of the C.I.A., has begun to rebuild the agency’s high command by putting a...