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Mar 6, 2022

U-2 Pilot Powers Vindicated in Senate

Mar. 6, 1962 - Senators joined the C.I.A. today in an extraordinary gesture to vindicate the honor of Francis Gary Powers. The U-2 flier,...

Feb 28, 2022

Thirtieth Anniversary of Lindbergh Kidnapping

Feb. 28, 1962 - Thirty years ago tonight, Charles A. Lindbergh Jr., 19 months old, was abducted from his crib on the second floor of his...

Feb 27, 2022

Board of Inquiry Affirms Francis Gary Powers' Performance

Feb. 27, 1962 - A special board of inquiry has concluded that Francis Gary Powers, the U-2 pilot whose plane was downed over the Soviet...

Feb 22, 2022

VIDEO: "Atomic Weapons and Fire"

Feb. 22, 1962 - “Atomic Weapons and Fire” is a film produced by the Defense Atomic Support Agency. It shows procedures to be used in the...

Feb 22, 2022

George Washington's 230th Birthday Passes Quietly

Feb. 22, 1962 - George Washington’s 230th birthday was observed quietly in the capital today. At the Capitol there was the traditional...

Feb 21, 2022

Board of Inquiry Examines Powers U-2 Case

Feb. 21, 1962 - A special board of inquiry headed by E. Barrett Prettyman, a former Federal judge, is seeking to determine whether...

Feb 20, 2022

VIDEO: ABC-TV News Capsule

Feb. 20, 1962 - Here is an evening news capsule from ABC-TV. #news #history #1960s #historyinpictures #historylover #historybuff...

Feb 20, 2022

Letters Reveal George Washington's Views of Manhood

Feb. 20, 1962 - The role of “father” played by the childless George Washington before he assumed the larger role of Father of his Country...

Feb 16, 2022

Nixon Warns Kennedys to Keep Out of California Campaign

Feb. 16, 1962 - Richard M. Nixon warned the Kennedys today to keep their hands off the California Gubernatorial election. Mr. Nixon, one...

Feb 15, 2022

TV: Ike Appraises World Figure During CBS Interview with Walter Cronkite

Feb. 15, 1962 - Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower (pictured right in November 1944) last night gave a TV audience thumbnail...

Feb 14, 2022

Nationalist Chinese General Hu Tsung-Nan Dead at 62

Feb. 14, 1962 - General Hu Tsung-Nan (pictured in 1936), who wanted to throw his 250,000 troops against the Chinese Communists during...

Feb 14, 2022

Nixon Campaigns in Mariposa

Feb. 14, 1962 - Richard M. Nixon carried his campaign for the Governorship of California to Mariposa today. The former Vice President...

Feb 14, 2022

Governor Rockefeller Talks Impending Divorce

Feb. 14, 1962 - New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller said today that the question of whether his pending divorce would be a political...

Feb 14, 2022

General Henry I. Hodes Dead at 62, Combat Commander in WWII and Korea

Feb. 14, 1962 - General Henry Irving Hodes (pictured center in Korea in 1951), a combat commander in World War II and the Korean...

Feb 11, 2022

TV: CBS Special | "Thunder on the Right"

Feb. 11, 1962 - The various shades of conservative opinion will be reviewed by CBS on Thursday, Feb. 22, at 10 p.m. The hour-long show,...

Feb 11, 2022

Memorial to General George C. Marshall To Be Erected in Frankfurt

Feb. 11, 1962 - A memorial to the late General of the Army George C. Marshall (pictured in 1945) as author of the plan that made possible...

Feb 11, 2022

Board of Inquiry Will Question Francis Gary Powers on Crash and Capture

Feb. 11, 1962 - The C.I.A. has formed a board of inquiry to investigate the circumstances of the capture of Francis Gary Powers by the...

Feb 10, 2022

George Romney Will Run for Michigan Governor

Feb. 10, 1962 - George Romney announced today that he would seek the Republican nomination for Governor of Michigan. The 54-year-old...

Feb 9, 2022

🚨Francis Gary Powers Released, U.S. Releases Spy Rudolf Abel in Exchange

Feb. 9, 1962 - Francis Gary Powers has been released by the Soviet Union in exchange for the release of Col. Rudolf Abel, the convicted...

Feb 8, 2022

Romney Begins 24-Hour Fast Prior to Decision on Governor Run

Feb. 8, 1962 - George Romney (pictured with his wife Lenore) began a 24-hour fast today as he sought to decide whether to become a...