Ed Sullivan to Tape TV Show in West Berlin for CBS
Sept. 21, 1961 - Connie Francis (pictured), Louis Armstrong, Sid Caesar, and the comedy team of Rowan and Martin are among the performers...
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Sep 19, 2021
Kennedy Welcomes President of Peru to White House
Sept. 19, 1961 - President Kennedy welcomed President Manuel Prado y Ugarteche (left) of Peru today and said their two countries stood...
Sep 19, 2021
Soviets Want U.N. to Move to West Berlin
Sept. 19, 1961 - The Soviet Union suggested today that the United Nations consider transferring its headquarters from New York to West...
Sep 19, 2021
Kennedy Praises Anne Frank, Victim of Nazis
Sept. 19, 1961 - President Kennedy said in a special message today that millions of persons were living under the shadow of another...
Sep 18, 2021
Viet Cong Launch Major Attack 60 Miles from Saigon
Sept. 18, 1961 - More than 1,000 Communist rebels in South Vietnam attacked and burned the capital of Phuoc Vinh Province, 60 miles north...
Sep 17, 2021
Truman on “Open End” with David Susskind
Sept. 17, 1961 - Former President Harry S. Truman talked of many things during a two-hour interview last night with David Susskind. Some...
Sep 16, 2021
Refugee from East Berlin Her Gets Dog Back
Sept. 16, 1961 - It is not only humans who are bothered by the Communist wall across Berlin - dogs are affected as well. A fox terrier...
Sep 16, 2021
Cuban Communists Round Up Priests
Sept. 16, 1961 - A large-scale round-up of Roman Catholic priests has taken place in Havana in the last two days. There are no precise...
Sep 16, 2021
U.S. and Soviets Each Detonate Nuclear Devices
Sept. 16, 1961 - The United States and the Soviet Union detonated nuclear devices today. Both were announced in Washington by the Atomic...
Sep 14, 2021
President Kennedy Seeks New Tactics to Fight Communists
Sept. 14, 1961 - President Kennedy has set up a Cabinet-level group to draft a program for waging psychological and political tactics in...
Sep 12, 2021
Castro Goes after Church, Vatican Concerned
Sept. 12, 1961 - The Cuban Government launched a fresh attack against the Roman Catholic Church today. It accused priests and nuns of...
Sep 12, 2021
Soviets Conduct Yet Another Atomic Test
Sept. 12, 1961 - The Soviet Union conducted the seventh atomic test in its current series by detonating a multi-megaton device in the...
Sep 9, 2021
U.S. to Send 40,000 Additional Army Troops to Europe
Sept. 9, 1961 - The United States will send about 40,000 Army troops to Europe "in the immediate future" to strengthen combat and support...
Sep 9, 2021
Pentagon Disciplines Two Army Officers Over TV Show in West Berlin
Sept. 9, 1961 - The Pentagon took action against two Army officers in Berlin today for having permitted the use of U.S. forces in the...
Sep 9, 2021
Khrushchev Blames West for Soviet Nuclear Tests
Sept. 9, 1961 - Premier Khrushchev declared today that nuclear testing could be ended only by Western acceptance of Soviet proposals for...
Sep 8, 2021
Five More Rebel Prisoners Executed in Cuba
Sept. 8, 1961 - Five rebel prisoners taken after the unsuccessful landings at the Bay of Pigs in Cuba last April were sentenced to death...
Sep 8, 2021
Senators Decry Use of Military for Paar Show in West Berlin
Sept. 8, 1961 - "Shocking," "disgraceful," and "highly dangerous" were descriptions applied by Senators today to describe the use of U.S....
Sep 7, 2021
Khrushchev Interviewed by New York Times
Sept. 7, 1961 - Following are some of the main points made by Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev (pictured with President Kennedy at their...
Sep 7, 2021
Jack Paar in West Berlin to Film TV Show
Sept. 7, 1961 - Fifty armed U.S. soldiers moved rapidly down the street, then took possession of buildings overlooking the East-West...
Sep 7, 2021
Nehru after Khrushchev Meeting: "Foul Winds of War Are Blowing"
Sept. 7, 1961 - Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru of India talked for two hours today with Premier Khrushchev at the Kremlin and came out...
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