🚨Soviets Detonate Most Powerful Explosion in History
Oct. 30, 1961 - The Soviet Union detonated the most powerful man-made explosion in history today by setting off a hydrogen bomb with a...
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Oct 29, 2021
Johnson: We Mustn't Let Communists Destroy Us from Within
Oct. 29, 1961 - Vice President Johnson said in New York today that the United States was prepared to “stand on our rights to preserve our...
Oct 29, 2021
President Kennedy Attends Road-Opening Ceremony in Oklahoma
Oct. 29, 1961 - President Kennedy told the people of Oklahoma today of his determination to keep the nation free while continuing its...
Oct 29, 2021
U.S. Military Advisor in South Vietnam Shot by Communist Sniper
Oct. 29, 1961 - A United States Army military adviser on a training patrol with a Vietnamese ranger platoon was shot by a Vietnamese...
Oct 28, 2021
Secretary Connally May Run for Governor of Texas
Oct. 28, 1961 - The Secretary of the Navy, John B. Connally Jr., may give up the office next year to run for Governor of Texas. There are...
Oct 28, 2021
Khrushchev Favors Memorial to Stalin’s Victims
Oct. 28, 1961 - Premier Khrushchev has come out in favor of the construction of a memorial in Moscow to honor the victims of the...
Oct 28, 2021
Report: Guevara’s Power Reduced in Cuba
Oct. 28, 1961 - Indications are mounting that Maj. Ernesto “Che” Guevara, until recently the manager of Cuba’s economy, has been removed...
Oct 28, 2021
President Kennedy Issues 1961 Thanksgiving Proclamation
Oct. 28, 1961 - President Kennedy called on all citizens today to observe Thanksgiving Day Nov. 23 in a manner “not only to preserve our...
Oct 28, 2021
U.S. and Soviet Tanks Pull Back from Berlin Dividing Line
Oct. 28, 1961 - United States and Soviet tanks pulled back from Berlin’s dividing line today after facing each other for 16 hours through...
Oct 27, 2021
Vice President Johnson: Communists Undermine U.S.
Oct. 27, 1961 - Vice President Johnson declared today that “good Americans” are unwittingly aiding the Communists by planting “seeds of...
Oct 27, 2021
New York City Mayor Wagner Visits President Kennedy
Oct. 27, 1961 - Mayor Wagner (left) of New York City came to Washington today and won new support from President Kennedy for his...
Oct 27, 2021
🚨U.S. and Soviet Tanks Confront Each Other for First Time in Berlin
Oct. 27, 1961 - United States and Soviet tanks confonted each other today for the first time in history. They were less than 100 yards...
Oct 26, 2021
🚨Thirty-Three Soviet Tanks Move into East Berlin in Show of Force
Oct. 26, 1961 - Thirty-three Soviet medium tanks, manned by Soviet troops, moved into the center of East Berlin today. It was a show of...
Oct 26, 2021
Kennedy to South Vietnam: We'll Help You Resist Reds
Oct. 26, 1961 - President Kennedy has reassured South Vietnam of his determination to help it resist Communist attacks and preserve its...
Oct 25, 2021
Pulitzer Prize Winner Carl Sandburg Visits President Kennedy
Oct. 25, 1961 - Carl Sandburg (left), Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and biographer of Abraham Lincoln, called at the White House today to...
Oct 25, 2021
President Kennedy Approves Nuclear Explosion for Peaceful Use
Oct. 25, 1961 - President Kennedy gave his approval today for an underground nuclear explosion in the salt caverns of New Mexico as the...
Oct 25, 2021
State Department Notes “Serious Development” in Berlin
Oct. 25, 1961 - The State Department announced today that the Soviet commander in Berlin had rejected a protest by the U.S. commander...
Oct 24, 2021
Eisenhower Calls Peace Corps “Juvenile Experiment”
Oct. 24, 1961 - Former President Eisenhower accused the Kennedy Administration today of doing “a good job of confusing me and all my...
Oct 23, 2021
Rockefeller: Kennedy Not “Unbeatable” in 1964
Oct. 23, 1961 - “I don’t think anybody is unbeatable,” Governor Rockefeller (right) of New York said today when asked whether a...
Oct 23, 2021
🚨Soviets Detonate Most Powerful Nuclear Explosion in History
Oct. 23, 1961 - The Soviet Union conducted the largest man-made explosion in history today by detonating a thermonuclear bomb with a...
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