1960s Timeline

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Sir Winston Celebrates 88th Birthday

Nov. 30, 1962 - Sir Winston Churchill, celebrating his 88th birthday today, walked unaided to the window of his London residence and...

President Celebrates 45th Birthday in Virginia

May 29, 1962 - President Kennedy (pictured at his celebration 10 days ago at Madison Square Garden) celebrated his actual 45th birthday...

President Attends Birthday Dinner at Four Seasons

May 19, 1962 - President Kennedy attended a glittering birthday dinner in his honor tonight at the Four Seasons restaurant — a prelude to...

Entertainers Rehearse for President's Birthday Celebration

May 19, 1962 - Madison Square Garden became a blur of dancers, singers, actors, and musicians this morning and afternoon as show business...

Brisk Sales for Tickets to President's Birthday Salute at MSG

May 9, 1962 - An advance sale of “well over” 400 tickets at $1,000 each for the “New York Birthday Salute to President Kennedy” was...

President Kennedy to Attend Birthday Fundraiser at Madison Square Garden

Apr. 2, 1962 - President Kennedy accepted today an invitation from Mayor Wagner of New York City to attend a Democratic fund-raising...

General MacArthur Celebrates 82nd Birthday

Jan. 26, 1962 - General of the Army Douglas MacArthur celebrated his 82nd birthday in New York today, saying that he had “reached an age...

"Granny" Harper Turns 106 in Southampton, NY

Jan. 25, 1962 - Mrs. Eliza (Granny) Harper, who remembers seeing Gen. Ulysses S. Grant (pictured) parade in Brooklyn after the Civil War,...

Grandma Moses, Nearing 101, Still Young at Heart

Sept. 1, 1961 - Anna Mary Robertson Moses, the American folk artist better known as Grandma Moses, approaches her 101st birthday still...