Russians Explode Nuclear Device East of Stalingrad
Sept. 6, 1961 - The Atomic Energy Commission announced today that the Soviet Union had detonated a fourth nuclear device in the...
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- Sep 5, 2021
De Gaulle: West Must Resist Soviet "Totalitarian Empire"
Sept. 5, 1961 - President de Gaulle of France urged today that the West firmly resist, by force if necessary, the menace of the Soviet...
- Sep 5, 2021
🚨Kennedy Orders Resumption of Nuclear Weapons Tests
Sept. 5, 1961 - President Kennedy ordered today the resumption of nuclear weapons tests by the United States. He specified that the tests...
- Sep 4, 2021
Soviet Premier Khrushchev Plays Art Critic for a Day
Sept. 4, 1961 - Premier Khrushchev went on record today as favoring art that depicted a cow as a cow. Lifting a champagne glass at the...
- Sep 4, 2021
Americans Coast to Coast Fear Nuclear War
Sept. 4, 1961 - From New York to Los Angeles, civil defense authorities report a rise in the American citizen's fear of nuclear war....
- Sep 4, 2021
🚨Soviets Explode Second Nuclear Bomb in Three Days
Sept. 4, 1961 - A new Soviet nuclear test took place early today over Central Asia, the Atomic Energy Commission announced. It was the...
- Sep 2, 2021
Most Americans See No Protection Against Nuclear 'Super-Bomb'
Sept. 2, 1961 - If the respondents to a New York Times survey are typical, Americans feel that protection against a Russian super-bomb at...
- Sep 2, 2021
Truman: Soviets "Greatest Bluffers in the World"
Sept. 2, 1961 - Harry S. Truman said today that he did not believe that the Soviet Union's resumption of nuclear weapons tests would lead...
- Sep 1, 2021
William Z. Foster, Former Head of U.S. Communist Party, Dead at 80
Sept. 1, 1961 - William Z. Foster, former head of the Communist party of the United States and three-time candidate for the U.S....
- Sep 1, 2021
🚨Soviets Resume Testing of Nuclear Weapons
Sept. 1, 1961 - The White House announced today that the Soviet Union resumed the testing of nuclear weapons early this morning by...
- Aug 31, 2021
Kennedy Calls Soviet Nuclear Tests "Atomic Blackmail"
Aug. 31, 1961 - The White House declared tonight that the Soviet Union's announcement that it would resume tests of nuclear weapons was...
- Aug 31, 2021
Chinese Communists Support Soviet Nuclear Tests
Aug. 31, 1961 - Communist China issued a statement today expressing support for the Soviet Union's decision to resume nuclear tests. The...
- Aug 31, 2021
U.S. Undecided on Resuming Nuclear Tests
Aug. 31, 1961 - The U.S. declared itself freed today from its promise not to conduct nuclear tests, but it withheld any decision on the...
- Aug 31, 2021
🚨Soviets to Resume Nuclear Tests, Claim to Have "Super-Bomb"
Aug. 31, 1961 - The Soviet Union announced today it would resume testing of nuclear weapons. The Government statement said that Soviet...
- Aug 30, 2021
President Kennedy to Send Gen. Lucius Clay to West Berlin
Aug. 30, 1961 - President Kennedy said today that Gen. Lucius D. Clay would return to West Berlin next month as his personal...
- Aug 28, 2021
Castro Tells Brazil to Follow Cuba's Example
Aug. 28, 1961 - Cuban Premier Fidel Castro today urged Brazil to set up a guerrilla war against what he termed "reactionary militarists"...
- Aug 26, 2021
British Soldiers Escort 12-year-old German Boy past Communist Police to School
Aug. 26, 1961 - Eight British soldiers in a jeep and a small armored scout car escort 12-year-old Erwin Schabe (pictured right) to school...
- Aug 26, 2021
British P.M. Macmillan Sees No War over Berlin
Aug. 26, 1961 - British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan (right) said today that the situation in Berlin was "very worrying, but nothing...
- Aug 25, 2021
Pentagon Orders 76,500 Reservists to Active Duty
Aug. 25, 1961 - The Pentagon today ordered to active duty 76,500 members of the reserve military forces - 46,500 in the Army, 23,600 in...
- Aug 24, 2021
East German Reds Conduct "Campaign of Intimidation and Oppression" on Citizens
Aug. 24, 1961 - The East German Communists are cracking down on their foes in what was described by West Berlin authorities today as a...
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