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Castro: Soviets Can Remove Jet Bombers

Nov. 19, 1962 - Premier Fidel Castro informed the U.N. early today that he would not object if the Soviet Union removed the jet bombers...

Stevenson Confronts Soviet Representative at Stormy U.N. Session

Oct. 25, 1962 - Adlai Stevenson dramatically challenged Valerian A. Zorin in the U.N. Security Council today to deny the U.S. charge that...

Oct. 25, 1962 - Adlai Stevenson Confronts Soviet Ambassador at U.N. During Cuban Missile Crisis

Oct. 25, 1962 - Adlai Stevenson dramatically challenged Valerian A. Zorin in the U.N. Security Council today to deny the U.S. charge that...

U.S. Hits Cuba in U.N.

Oct. 23, 1962 - The United States charged in the U.N. Security Council today that the Soviet Union had converted Cuba into “a bridgehead...

Thirteen Italian Airmen Butchered in Congo

Nov. 16, 1961 - Thirteen captured Italian airmen attached to the U.N. force have been murdered by Congolese soldiers. The Italians had...

U Thant is Acting Secretary General of U.N.

Nov. 3, 1961 - The General Assembly unanimously elected U Thant (left) of Burma as Acting Secretary General of the United Nations today....

Eisenhower Impressed by President Kennedy's U.N. Speech

Sept. 25, 1961 - Former President Eisenhower commended President Kennedy's U.N. speech today. He said he believed "it summed up,...

🚨At U.N., President Kennedy Declares West Will Stand Firm on Berlin

Sept. 25, 1961 - President Kennedy said today that the Western powers would stand firm on West Berlin, but he emphasized that they wished...

Kennedy Arrives in New York for U.N. Speech

Sept. 24, 1961 - President Kennedy arrived in New York today to deliver a major speech tomorrow to the U.N. The President was greeted at...

Kennedy Puts Final Touches on U.N. Address

Sept. 23, 1961 - President Kennedy will arrive in New York at 6:30 p.m. tomorrow and spend the evening putting the finishing touches on...

Kennedy to Address U.N. General Assembly

Sept. 18, 1961 - President Kennedy decided today to intervene personally in the constitutional crisis created at the United Nations by...

🚨Dag Hammarskjold Killed in African Plane Crash

Sept. 18, 1961 - U.N. Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold was killed today with 12 other persons in the crash of a plane carrying him to a...