M.E. Clifton James, WWII Montgomery Impersonator, Is Dead
May 9, 1963 - M.E. Clifton James (right), an actor whose greatest role was the impersonation of Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery (left)...
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- May 3
Auschwitz Trial Opens in Frankfurt
May 3, 1963 - Twenty-four persons have been charged with the murder of hundreds of thousands of people, mostly Jews, at the Auschwitz...
- Apr 28
Two Former Eichmann Aides Charged with Mass Murder
Apr. 28, 1963 - Two former aides of Adolf Eichmann have been charged with murder in the killing of at least 300,000 Hungarian Jews in...
- Apr 21
20th Anniversary of Battle of Warsaw Ghetto is Honored
Apr. 21, 1963 - Ceremonies were held in New York and in many other places in commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the Battle of the...
- Apr 20
Gen. LeMay Visits Japan
Apr. 20, 1963 - General Curtis LeMay, Air Force Chief of Staff, finished a two-week tour of Asia in Japan today. Speaking at a press...
- Apr 17
Eichmann’s Right-Hand Man Turns Himself In
Apr. 17, 1963 - Former Nazi officer Erich Rajakowitsch, alleged right-hand man of Adolf Eichmann, turned himself in to Austrian...
- Apr 13
10 Ukrainians Executed for Having Served S.S. Guards During WWII
Apr. 13, 1963 - A Ukrainian court has convicted 11 Soviet citizens of having served as S.S. guards in a Nazi death camp in Poland where...
- Apr 9
Sir Winston a U.S. Citizen
Apr. 9, 1963 - Sir Winston Churchill (pictured with his granddaughter) became an honorary U.S. citizen today and seized the occasion to...
- Apr 9
Apr. 9, 1963 | JFK Confers U.S. Citizenship on Sir Winston Churchill
Apr. 9, 1963 - Here is a recording of President Kennedy’s remarks upon signing a proclamation conferring honorary citizenship on Sir...
- Apr 8
President Kennedy Honors Bataan Day
Apr. 8, 1963 - President Kennedy issued a statement today commemorating the 21st anniversary of the battle of Bataan and Corregidor. In...
- Mar 11
Austria Observes 25th Anniversary of Anschluss
Mar. 11, 1963 - Austria observed today the 25th anniversary of the day — March 11, 1938 — it disappeared from the European map a quarter...
- Feb 26
President’s PT-Boat Incident of 1943 Described as “Confused and Ineffective”
Feb. 26, 1963 - The World War II naval engagement that saw Lieutenant John F. Kennedy’s patrol boat sunk has drawn a description as a...
- Feb 24
West German Students Remember Hans and Sophie Scholl, Executed by Nazis
Feb. 24, 1963 - West German university students observed this weekend the 20th anniversary of the execution of Hans and Sophie Scholl...
- Jan 26
General MacArthur Celebrates 83rd Birthday
Jan. 26, 1963 - Old soldier Douglas MacArthur celebrated his 83rd birthday today with five young soldiers, including the son of America’s...
- Jan 19
Ernst Togler, Accused of Plotting Reichstag Fire in 1933, Dies at 69
Jan. 19, 1963 - Ernst Torgler (pictured second from right in 1933), the German Communist who was accused of plotting the Reichstag fire...
- Jan 1
TV: Tonight on “Combat!”
Jan. 1, 1963 - Tonight on “Combat,” Sgt. Saunders (Vic Morrow, pictured) begins to suspect a private’s French doctor father is really a...
- Dec 26, 2022
European Christians Who Helped Jews in WWII To Be Acclaimed as “Righteous Gentiles”
Dec. 26, 1962 - European Christians who secretly befriended Jews in Nazi-occupied countries will now be acclaimed. Jews in free-world...
- Dec 5, 2022
West Germany Asks Chile to Extradite Former Nazi
Dec. 5, 1962 - West Germany has asked the Chilean Government to extradite Walter Rauff, an alleged former collaborator of Adolf Eichmann....
- Nov 25, 2022
Kilroy is Dead
Nov. 25, 1962 - James J. Kilroy (pictured in 1946), who maintained that he was the original Kilroy of the famous “Kilroy was here”...
- Nov 21, 2022
Gestapo Collaborator Arrested in France
Nov. 21, 1962 - In a suburb of Lille, France today, Jacques Vasseur (pictured) left his mother’s house for the first time in 17 years....
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