Jul 18, 2022Coup d’état in PeruJuly 18, 1962 - The Peruvian armed forces overthrew and imprisoned President Manuel Prado y Ugarteche today in a coup d’état. A military...
Jul 17, 2022Four Wishes of Theodore RooseveltJuly 17, 1962 - Four “gifts” that Theodore Roosevelt wished Santa Claus to bestow upon the U.S. were described in a letter acquired by...
Jul 16, 2022Khrushchev Makes Extravagant Nuclear ClaimsJuly 16, 1962 - Premier Khrushchev told a group of U.S. newspaper editors today that the Soviet Union has an anti-missile missile that...
Jul 9, 2022U.S. Sets Off Nuclear Explosion on Fringes of Outer SpaceJuly 9, 1962 - The United States set off a thermonuclear explosion high over Johnston Island in the Pacific early today. It released a...