1960s Timeline

Latest Podcasts

Politics | Culture | Entertainment | Sports

Oct 24, 2022

Khrushchev Suggests Summit

Oct. 24, 1962 - Premier Khrushchev suggested today a summit meeting to avert the danger of thermonuclear war with the U.S. over the Cuban...

Oct 24, 2022

Some Cuba-Bound Soviet Ships Change Course

Oct. 24, 1962 - The blockade to prevent any more offensive weapons from reaching Cuba went into effect at 10 o’clock this morning. The...

Oct 23, 2022

Oct. 23, 1962 - New Yorkers Interviewed During Cuban Missile Crisis

Oct. 23, 1962 - New York City residents react to President Kennedy's speech last night revealing the presence of Soviet missiles in...

Oct 23, 2022

U.S. Officials: Soviets Have Not Decided Course of Action on Cuba

Oct. 23, 1962 - The Soviet Union challenged today the right of the U.S. to impose a quarantine on the shipment of weapons of any type to...

Oct 22, 2022

Oct. 22, 1962 - JFK Address During Cuban Missile Crisis

#jfk #cuba #coldwar #history

Oct 22, 2022

Oct. 22, 1962 - Recorded Telephone Call Between JFK and Eisenhower During Cuban Missile Crisis

Oct. 22, 1962 - Here is a recording of a telephone call today between President Kennedy and former President Dwight D. Eisenhower...

Oct 18, 2022

JFK Meets with Gromyko

Oct. 18, 1962 - Andrei A. Gromyko (third from left) met with President Kennedy today in a continuation of the exchange of views between...

Oct 16, 2022

Algerian Premier Arrives in Cuba

Oct. 16, 1962 - Premier Ahmed Ben Bella of Algeria (center) arrived in Cuba today for a 24-hour state visit. Premier Fidel Castro used...

Sep 26, 2022

Soviet Government to Crack Down on Religion

Sept. 26, 1962 - The Soviet Communist party called today for a more effective campaign against religion. An editorial in Pravda, the...

Sep 24, 2022

Sept. 24, 1962 - JFK Welcomes President of Pakistan

Sept. 24, 1962 - Here is President Kennedy’s welcome address to President Mohammad Ayub Khan of Pakistan at Quonset Point Naval Air ...

Sep 24, 2022

Buckley Debates Mailer in Chicago

Sept. 24, 1962 - In what was billed as a political debate between a conservative and a “hipster,” William F. Buckley Jr. (pictured) and...

Sep 13, 2022

Nixon Details “Anti-Subversive Program” in California

Sept. 13, 1962 - Richard M. Nixon called today for a “three-pronged anti-subversive program that would make California a shining example...

Sep 13, 2022

Sept. 13, 1962 - JFK Statement on Cuban Situation

Sept. 13, 1962 - President Kennedy introduced today's press conference with a statement on the Cuban situation. Here it is in full. #jfk...

Sep 13, 2022

JFK: Military Action on Cuba Unjustified Right Now

Sept. 13, 1962 - President Kennedy said today that the U.S. would move swiftly against Cuba to defend its security, but military action...

Sep 12, 2022

Cuban Defector Says 200 Soviet Jets in Cuba

Sept. 12, 1962 - A Cuban Air Force pilot instructor, who defected last week in a Czechoslovakian-built training plane, reported today...

Sep 11, 2022

Soviets Talk War Over Cuba

Sept. 11, 1962 - The Soviet Union warned today that any attack by the U.S. on Cuba or upon Soviet ships bound for Cuba would mean war....

Sep 6, 2022

Moscow Looks at New York City

Sept. 6, 1962 - Moscow television tonight took the unusual step of presenting a documentary film that showed New York City and its tall...

Sep 5, 2022

U.S. Claims No Interest in Orbiting Thermonuclear Weapons

Sept. 5, 1962 - A high defense official declared today that “there is no doubt that either the U.S. or the Soviet Union can now place...

Aug 29, 2022

President Hits Opponents of Foreign Aid Program

Aug. 29, 1962 - President Kennedy took issue sharply today with Congressional advocates of heavy cuts in his $4,672,000,000 foreign aid...

Aug 29, 2022

JFK: U.S. Will Not Invade Cuba

Aug. 29, 1962 - President Kennedy firmly rejected today Congressional suggestions that the U.S. invade Cuba because of the alleged...