29 Escape East Berlin Through Tunnel
Sept. 18, 1962 - The West Berlin city government disclosed today that 29 East German men, women, and children escaped to West Berlin...
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- Aug 20, 2022
More Rioting In West Berlin
Aug. 20, 1962 - Angry mobs of West Berliners stoned and pursued Soviet Army vehicles today and clashed with the West Berlin police in...
- Aug 19, 2022
West Berliners Stone Soviet Troop Bus
Aug. 19, 1962 - A Soviet troop bus was stoned by a screaming crowd of West Berliners today. The incident was a new manifestation of anger...
- Aug 17, 2022
18-Year-Old Bricklayer Shot, Left to Die by East German Border Guards
Aug. 17, 1962 - East German border guards today shot Peter Fechter (pictured), an 18-year-old bricklayer, as he was fleeing to West...
- Aug 13, 2022
First Anniversary of Berlin Wall Observed Here
Aug. 13, 1962 - A special recorded program marking the first anniversary of the building of the Berlin wall was broadcast at noon today...
- Aug 13, 2022
Riot in West Berlin on Anniversary of Wall
Aug. 13, 1962 - The pent-up wrath of West Berliners erupted today along the Communist barrier that cut Berlin in two last year. Marchers...
- May 8, 2022
West Berliners Cheer Gen. Lucius D. Clay
May 8, 1962 - Hundreds of West Berliners cheered and waved to Gen. Lucius D. Clay (pictured with Mayor Willy Brandt), President Kennedy’s...
- Apr 18, 2022
East German Man Killed Trying to Escape to West Berlin; Two Companions Survive
Apr. 18, 1962 - An East German, mortally wounded by Communist gunfire, drove a three-ton dump truck through the Berlin wall today at a...
- Dec 25, 2021
East German Border Guards Arrest Three for Waving at Relatives
Dec. 25, 1961 - Communist border guards arrested three East Berliners today who waved at relatives in the West across the wall dividing...
- Oct 10, 2021
Fifty Thousand Soviet Troops Enter Communist East Germany
Oct. 10, 1961 - Fifty thousand Soviet combat troops and ten thousand Polish troops have arrived in Communist East Germany to take part in...
- Sep 27, 2021
Berlin Wall Documentary (Video)
Sept. 27, 1961 - Here is a documentary on the Berlin Wall, the construction of which began August 13. #communism #communist #coldwar...
- Sep 24, 2021
Robert Kennedy says President Would Use Nuclear Weapons if Necessary
Sept. 24, 1961 - Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy said today that there "is no question" that his brother, President Kennedy, would...
- Sep 21, 2021
Ed Sullivan to Tape TV Show in West Berlin for CBS
Sept. 21, 1961 - Connie Francis (pictured), Louis Armstrong, Sid Caesar, and the comedy team of Rowan and Martin are among the performers...
- Sep 16, 2021
Refugee from East Berlin Her Gets Dog Back
Sept. 16, 1961 - It is not only humans who are bothered by the Communist wall across Berlin - dogs are affected as well. A fox terrier...
- Sep 13, 2021
Comedian Dick Gregory at NYC's Blue Angel
Sept. 13, 1961 - Dick Gregory, who won quick fame last spring as the first Negro comic to succeed in metropolitan cabarets, is back at...
- Sep 9, 2021
U.S. to Send 40,000 Additional Army Troops to Europe
Sept. 9, 1961 - The United States will send about 40,000 Army troops to Europe "in the immediate future" to strengthen combat and support...
- Sep 9, 2021
Pentagon Disciplines Two Army Officers Over TV Show in West Berlin
Sept. 9, 1961 - The Pentagon took action against two Army officers in Berlin today for having permitted the use of U.S. forces in the...
- Sep 8, 2021
Senators Decry Use of Military for Paar Show in West Berlin
Sept. 8, 1961 - "Shocking," "disgraceful," and "highly dangerous" were descriptions applied by Senators today to describe the use of U.S....
- Sep 7, 2021
Jack Paar in West Berlin to Film TV Show
Sept. 7, 1961 - Fifty armed U.S. soldiers moved rapidly down the street, then took possession of buildings overlooking the East-West...
- Aug 30, 2021
President Kennedy to Send Gen. Lucius Clay to West Berlin
Aug. 30, 1961 - President Kennedy said today that Gen. Lucius D. Clay would return to West Berlin next month as his personal...
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