1960s Timeline

July 27, 1963 - Heavyweight champion Sonny Liston has accepted the Rev. Edward P. Murphy (left) as his spiritual guide. Liston is not a...

Mar. 26, 1963 - Pilot Ralph Flores and Helen Klaben bounced back today from the effects of their seven-week ordeal in the sub-zero...

Feb. 7, 1963 - President Kennedy counseled leaders of the Government today to “pray for powers equal to your tasks.” Both perils and...

Feb. 20, 1962 - The parents of Lieut. Col. John Glenn Jr. (pictured in 1945), radiant and relieved that their long wait was over, said...

Oct. 13, 1961 - Rosalind Elias, the Metropolitan Opera Company’s young mezzo-soprano who published an ad in The New York Times last...

Sept. 10, 1961 - Reverend Billy Graham said today that the U.S. had more unhappy marriages now than ever. Only social pressures and...