Jul 11, 2021Russian Astronaut Gagarin on BBC-TV (Video)July 11, 1961 - Here is video of Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space, being interviewed on BBC Television: #space #NASA...
Jul 11, 2021Nixon Praises Chambers as Solid Anti-CommunistJuly 11, 1961 - Former Vice President Richard M. Nixon (pictured right in 1948) praised Whittaker Chambers today as a man who had the...
Jul 11, 2021Whittaker Chambers Dead at 60July 11, 1961 - Whittaker Chambers (pictured) is dead. The man who branded Alger Hiss as his accomplice in a Soviet spy ring died of a...
Jul 11, 2021East German Refugees Flood West BerlinJuly 11, 1961 - The flight of East Germans to West Berlin has increased substantially in the last few days, refugee officials said today....