Ex-Marine Lee Harvey Oswald Returns from the Soviet Union
June 8, 1962 - A former U.S. Marine who moved to the Soviet Union three years ago is homeward bound with his wife and daughter, the U.S....
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- Mar 26, 2022
50 Deaths in Algerian Violence
Mar. 26, 1962 - At least 50 French civilians were killed and about 150 wounded in Algiers today as French Army forces clashed with...
- Mar 23, 2022
De Gaulle: Smash the Terrorists
Mar. 23, 1962 - President de Gaulle ordered today the “pitiless” repression of “the armed insurrection” in Algeria. He declared that...
- Mar 22, 2022
VIDEO: "Airport in the Jet Age"
Mar. 22, 1962 - "Airport in the Jet Age" is an educational film about modern airplane travel. #history #1960s #historyinpictures...
- Mar 22, 2022
Air Force Ejects Bear from B-58 At Altitude of 35,000 Feet
Mar. 22, 1962 - The Air Force ejected a bear strapped inside a capsule from a B-58 traveling 870 miles an hour at an altitude of 35,000...
- Mar 22, 2022
East German Police Fire at Car of U.S. Military Mission in Berlin
Mar. 22, 1962 - East German policemen fired at a car of the U.S. military mission attached to Soviet forces in East Germany, an Army...
- Mar 21, 2022
French Battle Right-Wing Terrorists in Algeria
Mar. 21, 1962 - French military policemen battled with Right-Wing terrorists in the center of Oran, Algeria, for two hours today....
- Mar 20, 2022
Sociologist C. Wright Mills Dead at 46
Mar. 20, 1962 - C. Wright Mills (pictured), author and Professor of Sociology at Columbia University, died today of a heart attack in his...
- Mar 18, 2022
White House Hails French-Algerian Cease-Fire as "Historic Accomplishment"
Mar. 18, 1962 - The White House hailed the French-Algerian cease-fire today as a “historic accomplishment.” In a statement approved by...
- Mar 18, 2022
🚨Cease-Fire Ends Algerian War
Mar. 18, 1962 - A cease-fire ending the Algerian war was signed in France today by French and Algerian delegations. The document...
- Mar 16, 2022
Khrushchev Issues Nuclear Warning to U.S.
Mar. 16, 1962 - In a speech calling for disarmament and the early conclusion of a German peace treaty, Premier Khrushchev warned the U.S....
- Mar 14, 2022
Disarmament Conference Opens in Geneva
Mar. 14, 1962 - The United Nations-sponsored disarmament conference opened today at Geneva after a chilling Big Three foreign ministers’...
- Mar 13, 2022
Nixon: I Was Told to Resign in '52
Mar. 13, 1962 - Richard M. Nixon has related how Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower and his top advisors wanted him to resign as the Republican...
- Mar 9, 2022
VIDEO: "Berlin: Test for the West"
Mar. 9, 1962 - “Berlin: Test for the West” is a documentary produced by Encyclopedia Britannica that traces the history of the city...
- Mar 7, 2022
Democrats Rally at St. Nick's Arena
Mar. 7, 1962 - Extremists, both Right and Left, “are the same pigeons and eventually join feathers,” Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (left)...
- Mar 7, 2022
Conservatives Rally at Madison Square Garden
Mar. 7, 1962 - Nearly 18,000 conservatives staged a spectacular rally in Madison Square Garden tonight. They acclaimed Senator Barry...
- Mar 6, 2022
U-2 Pilot Powers Vindicated in Senate
Mar. 6, 1962 - Senators joined the C.I.A. today in an extraordinary gesture to vindicate the honor of Francis Gary Powers. The U-2 flier,...
- Feb 28, 2022
Thirtieth Anniversary of Lindbergh Kidnapping
Feb. 28, 1962 - Thirty years ago tonight, Charles A. Lindbergh Jr., 19 months old, was abducted from his crib on the second floor of his...
- Feb 27, 2022
Board 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 22, 2022
VIDEO: "Atomic Weapons and Fire"
Feb. 22, 1962 - “Atomic Weapons and Fire” is a film produced by the Defense Atomic Support Agency. It shows procedures to be used in the...
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