Aug 10, 2021Soviets Tap Marshal Ivan S. Konev as Commander of Soviet Troops in East GermanyAug. 10, 1961 - Marshal Ivan S. Konev, former supreme commander of East European forces and one of the leading longtime Communists in the...
Aug 9, 2021Herbert Hoover 87 Today, Confident in America's FutureAug. 9, 1961 - Herbert Hoover (center), 31st President of the United States, turned 87 today, and he faces the coming years unafraid,...
Aug 9, 2021Khrushchev Warns of "Mega-Bomb"Aug. 9, 1961 - Premier Khrushchev warned today that the Soviet Union was capable of constructing a rocket with an explosive warhead...
Aug 8, 2021Sharp Increase in Refugees from East Germany into West BerlinAug. 8, 1961 - The influx of refugees to West Berlin from East Germany increased sharply today, a rise attributed to reaction to Premier...