Aug 7, 2021Summations in Eichmann Trial Tomorrow, Former Nazi Likely to Face Death PenaltyAug. 7, 1961 - Summations in the trial of Adolf Eichmann will begin tomorrow in Jerusalem. Attorney General Gideon Hausner will demand...
Aug 6, 2021Atom Bomb Dropped on Hiroshima 16 Years Ago TodayAug. 6, 1961 - Just before dawn today, the priests and the people of Hiroshima (pictured in August, 1945) gathered to pray before the...
Aug 4, 2021Britain's Queen Mother Elizabeth Has 61st BirthdayAug. 4, 1961 - Britain's Queen Mother Elizabeth celebrated her 61st birthday today. The King's Troop of the Royal Horse Artillery fired a...
Jul 24, 2021Eichmann Completes Testimony, Verdict Likely in NovemberJuly 24, 1961 - Adolf Eichmann completed his testimony today before an Israeli tribunal trying him on charges of having directed the...