U.S. to Soviets: Don’t Explode 50-Megaton Weapon
Oct. 17, 1961 - The U.S. called upon the Soviet Union today to reconsider the planned explosion of a fifty-megaton atomic weapon. Such an...
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Oct 17, 2021
Eisenhower Talks Fallout Shelters, Nuclear War
Oct. 17, 1961 - Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower (pictured in Warsaw in 1945) said today that he did “not know the right answer to...
Oct 17, 2021
Khrushchev Addresses 22nd Congress of Soviet Communist Party
Oct. 17, 1961 - Premier Khrushchev said today that he would withdraw his deadline for a German peace treaty this year if the Western...
Oct 16, 2021
U.S. Eighth Infantry to Assist on “The Longest Day”
Oct. 16, 1961 - Seven hundred troops of the U.S. Eighth Infantry Division will be brought to Normandy from West Germany next week to help...
Oct 16, 2021
President Kennedy Meets with Finland President Kekkonen
Oct. 16, 1961 - President Urho K. Kekkonen (left) of Finland assured President Kennedy today that his country’s main purpose was “the...
Oct 16, 2021
Communist Viet Cong on the Move in South Vietnam
Oct. 16, 1961 - According to reports, a Viet Cong unit of battalion strength overwhelmed a South Vietnamese civil guard garrison last...
Oct 16, 2021
Three Major Railroads End Segregation in Station Facilities
Oct. 16, 1961 - Three major railroads serving the South — the Illinois Central, the Southern, and the Louisville & Nashville — have...
Oct 15, 2021
New York Teachers: Nuclear Drills “Utter Futility”
Oct. 15, 1961 - New York’s Empire State Federation of teachers today called nuclear-shelter drills in public schools “utter futility.”...
Oct 15, 2021
Production Increasing for M-14 Rifle
Oct. 15, 1961 - After years of delays and deficiencies in the program to equip Army troops with the new M-14 rifle, officials say that...
Oct 15, 2021
General Taylor Leaves for South Vietnam
Oct. 15, 1961 - Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor (pictured) left for South Vietnam today and indicated that the U.S. would be reluctant to commit...
Oct 14, 2021
Nixon Modifies Pessismistic Remarks on ’64 Election
Oct. 14, 1961 - Richard M. Nixon said today that current polls show President Kennedy “riding high” politically. But he added that...
Oct 14, 2021
President Kennedy Meets the Press
Oct. 14, 1961 - Pierre Salinger (pictured right), presss secretary, said today that the White House was paying for the series of...
Oct 14, 2021
General Taylor Will Seek Facts in South Vietnam
Oct. 14, 1961 - President Kennedy has asked the mission to South Vietnam headed by Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor (left) to make a broad study of...
Oct 14, 2021
U.S. Conducts Largest Air-Defense Maneuvers in History
Oct. 14, 1961 - The largest air-defense maneuvers ever held in the Western world were concluded early today. For 12 hours, from 1 p.m....
Oct 14, 2021
Officials: Khrushchev Seeks to Inflict Humiliation on the West in Berlin Crisis
Oct. 14, 1961 - Recent Soviet moves in the Berlin crisis have strengthened the conviction in Washington that Premier Khrushchev is less...
Oct 13, 2021
Young Diva Inspires Americans with Advertisement
Oct. 13, 1961 - Rosalind Elias, the Metropolitan Opera Company’s young mezzo-soprano who published an ad in The New York Times last...
Oct 13, 2021
Nixon: No Republican Can Beat Kennedy in ’64
Oct. 13, 1961 - Richard M. Nixon has confirmed in conversations with friends that he doesn’t believe the Republican Presidential nominee,...
Oct 13, 2021
Communist Leaders Mao Tse-Tung and Ho Chi Minh Meet in Beijing
Oct. 13, 1961 - Mao Tse-tung (left), chief of the Chinese Communist party, and North Vietnamese President Ho Chi Minh (right) met last...
Oct 12, 2021
Video: President Kennedy at Fort Bragg
Oct. 12, 1961 - Here is video of President Kennedy’s remarks today to the 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg in North Carolina. He...
Oct 12, 2021
Video: President Kennedy in North Carolina
Oct. 12, 1961 - Here is video of President Kennedy’s address today at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill after receiving an...
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