Oct 16, 2021U.S. Eighth Infantry to Assist on “The Longest Day”Oct. 16, 1961 - Seven hundred troops of the U.S. Eighth Infantry Division will be brought to Normandy from West Germany next week to help...
Oct 16, 2021President Kennedy Meets with Finland President KekkonenOct. 16, 1961 - President Urho K. Kekkonen (left) of Finland assured President Kennedy today that his country’s main purpose was “the...
Oct 16, 2021Communist Viet Cong on the Move in South VietnamOct. 16, 1961 - According to reports, a Viet Cong unit of battalion strength overwhelmed a South Vietnamese civil guard garrison last...
Oct 15, 2021Anti-Communist Rally at Hollywood Bowl Tomorrow NightOct. 15, 1961 - A rally that will almost certainly touch off bitter arguments between Hollywood liberals and conservatives will be held...