1960s Timeline

July 25, 1961 - Watch President Kennedy's televised speech on the Berlin crisis: #JFK #americanhistory #politics #communism #communist...

July 25, 1961 - Six Soviet-built MIG's flew over Havana today in the first public display of Cuba's new jet strength. The six jets...

July 23, 1961 - West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer (pictured) appealed to Premier Khrushchev today to release Germans still held by...

July 19, 1961 - Following are the main points of President Kennedy's news conference today: Berlin - The President defended the Western...

July 18, 1961 - The United States has warned the Soviet Union that it will defend its rights in Berlin. In a note to Moscow, the U.S....

July 16, 1961 - A special 60-minute news program on the Berlin situation will be televised Aug. 11 at 8:30 p.m. on CBS. A major part of...

July 15, 1961 - The U.S. launched its ninth Polaris missile submarine today with a warning to Soviet Premier Khrushchev that America "can...

July 13, 1961 - Maj. Yuri A. Gagarin, the Soviet Union's hero of space and now the darling of Londoners, was "imprisoned" in the Tower of...

July 13, 1961 - Dr. Robert Soblen (left) was found guilty in New York today of wartime espionage for the Soviet Union. The defendant,...

July 13, 1961 - Senator Hubert H. Humphrey reported today that the Communist bloc was grappling with staggering food shortages and that...

July 12, 1961 - The regime of Premier Fidel Castro in Cuba has acquired at least 26 MIG jets, officials sources said today. The MIG's are...

July 11, 1961 - Here is video of Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space, being interviewed on BBC Television: #space #NASA...

July 11, 1961 - Former Vice President Richard M. Nixon (pictured right in 1948) praised Whittaker Chambers today as a man who had the...

July 11, 1961 - Whittaker Chambers (pictured) is dead. The man who branded Alger Hiss as his accomplice in a Soviet spy ring died of a...

July 11, 1961 - The flight of East Germans to West Berlin has increased substantially in the last few days, refugee officials said today....

July 10, 1961 - President Kennedy asked all Americans today to support his long-range foreign aid program as "vital in the fight for our...

July 9, 1961 - Gina Lollobrigida (pictured right with Elizabeth Taylor and Eddie Fisher) walked out on Premier Khrushchev and other...

July 9, 1961 - The Soviet Union exhibited new supersonic jet fighters and bombers today in an impressive show of air power. Celebrating...

July 9, 1961 - President Kennedy has ordered an urgent review to determine whether the U.S. should increase its military strength to meet...

July 8, 1961 - Premier Khrushchev announced today that he is suspending reductions in the Soviet armed forces. Mr. Khrushchev said he...