Oct 17, 2021Khrushchev Addresses 22nd Congress of Soviet Communist PartyOct. 17, 1961 - Premier Khrushchev said today that he would withdraw his deadline for a German peace treaty this year if the Western...
Oct 16, 2021U.S. Eighth Infantry to Assist on “The Longest Day”Oct. 16, 1961 - Seven hundred troops of the U.S. Eighth Infantry Division will be brought to Normandy from West Germany next week to help...
Oct 16, 2021President Kennedy Meets with Finland President KekkonenOct. 16, 1961 - President Urho K. Kekkonen (left) of Finland assured President Kennedy today that his country’s main purpose was “the...
Oct 16, 2021Communist Viet Cong on the Move in South VietnamOct. 16, 1961 - According to reports, a Viet Cong unit of battalion strength overwhelmed a South Vietnamese civil guard garrison last...