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Nov 30, 2023

Sir Winston Churchill Celebrates 89th Birthday

Nov. 30, 1963 - Britons paid homage to Sir Winston Churchill today on his 89th birthday. Sir Winston stood at the window of his London...

Nov 20, 2023

Twentieth Anniversary of Battle of Tarawa Observed

Nov. 20, 1963 - At dawn, 20 years ago today, the costliest brief engagement in Marine Corps history began. Four days later, 1,115 marines...

Nov 20, 2023

President Kennedy Receives WWII Citation

Nov. 20, 1963 - President Kennedy received a citation today for his efforts for peace from men who fought in World War II. The citation...

Nov 20, 2023

Nazi Officer Who Arrested Anne Frank and Family Identified

Nov. 20, 1963 - The Nazi officer who put an end to the diary of Anne Frank by arresting her and her family in 1944 has been identified as...

Nov 19, 2023

General Patton’s Sign to Attend Army War College

Nov. 19, 1963 - Another George S. Patton is rising in the Army. Lieutenant Colonel Patton (left), son of the dashing “blood and guts”...

Nov 12, 2023

General John Hodge Is Dead

Nov. 12, 1963 - General John R. Hodge (pictured in 1946), a leader of the Pacific fighting in World War II, died today in Walter Reed...

Oct 29, 2023

TV: Tonight on “Combat!”

Oct. 29, 1963 - Tonight on “Combat,” while on patrol in the woods, Sgt. Saunders (Vic Morrow, right) is taken prisoner by a slightly...

Sep 5, 2023

Senator Morse Hits Governor Wallace’s “Nervous Condition”

Sept. 5, 1963 - Senator Wayne Morse (D-Ore.) told the Senate today that Governor George Wallace (pictured) of Alabama receives disability...

Aug 29, 2023

James Cushing Is Dead

Aug. 29, 1963 - James Cushing (right), an American guerrilla leader who, during the Japanese occupation of the Philippines in World War...

Aug 22, 2023

Major General Charles D.W. Canham Is Dead

Aug. 22, 1963 - Major General Charles D.W. Canham (right during WWII), who accepted the surrender of 244,000 German prisoners in one day...

Aug 5, 2023

General Eisenhower Returns to Normandy

Aug. 5, 1963 - Former President Eisenhower returned to Normandy today, 19 years and 2 months after D-Day, and he said this time he would...

Jul 21, 2023

Ike To Return to Normandy for CBS Special with Walter Cronkite

July 21, 1963 - Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower will return to Normandy next month for the filming of a CBS-TV program...

Jun 3, 2023

JFK Visited by Mother of Congressional Medal of Honor Winner

June 3, 1963 - The 76-year-old mother of the only Japanese American to win a Congressional Medal of Honor visited for 15 minutes this...

May 9, 2023

M.E. Clifton James, WWII Montgomery Impersonator, Is Dead

May 9, 1963 - M.E. Clifton James (right), an actor whose greatest role was the impersonation of Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery (left)...

May 3, 2023

Auschwitz Trial Opens in Frankfurt

May 3, 1963 - Twenty-four persons have been charged with the murder of hundreds of thousands of people, mostly Jews, at the Auschwitz...

Apr 28, 2023

Two Former Eichmann Aides Charged with Mass Murder

Apr. 28, 1963 - Two former aides of Adolf Eichmann have been charged with murder in the killing of at least 300,000 Hungarian Jews in...

Apr 21, 2023

20th Anniversary of Battle of Warsaw Ghetto is Honored

Apr. 21, 1963 - Ceremonies were held in New York and in many other places in commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the Battle of the...

Apr 20, 2023

Gen. LeMay Visits Japan

Apr. 20, 1963 - General Curtis LeMay, Air Force Chief of Staff, finished a two-week tour of Asia in Japan today. Speaking at a press...

Apr 17, 2023

Eichmann’s Right-Hand Man Turns Himself In

Apr. 17, 1963 - Former Nazi officer Erich Rajakowitsch, alleged right-hand man of Adolf Eichmann, turned himself in to Austrian...

Apr 13, 2023

10 Ukrainians Executed for Having Served S.S. Guards During WWII

Apr. 13, 1963 - A Ukrainian court has convicted 11 Soviet citizens of having served as S.S. guards in a Nazi death camp in Poland where...