1960s Timeline

Mar. 31, 1964 - Outplayed for 57 minutes but trailing by only one goal, the never-say-die Montreal Canadiens capitalized on two big...

Mar. 31, 1964 - Boston’s Bill Russell reduced the Cincinnati Royals’ big guns to a bunch of beanshooters tonight as the defending world...

Mar. 31, 1964 - Enjoy the first two periods of tonight’s Stanley Cup semifinal playoff game between the Montreal Canadiens and the...

Mar. 31, 1964 - Joe Kuharich, fast becoming the biggest horse trader in the NFL, made another major deal today when the Eagles swapped...

Mar. 31, 1964 - Seventy-five years ago today, the last bit of iron was put into place and the French Tricolor was raised over what was to...

Mar. 31, 1964 - The 72-year-old mother of the Governor of Massachusetts was jailed today for leading racial demonstrations in St....

Mar. 31, 1964 - Ernesto (Che) Guevara, Minister of Industry in Cuba, welcomed today a declaration last week by U.S. Senator J.W....

Mar. 30, 1964 - As a decoration for his outstanding service under fire in tonight’s playoff victory over the Los Angeles Lakers, Len...

Mar. 30, 1964 - A 20-year-old Chicago Black Hawk hockey fan who said he had been punched in the mouth by Gordie Howe was denied a warrant...

Mar. 30, 1964 - Senator Wayne Morse, Democrat of Oregon, said today that the Johnson Administration “must be repudiated” unless it...

Mar. 30, 1964 - Astronaut John Glenn announced from his hospital bed today that he was pulling out of the Senate race in Ohio. The former...

Mar. 29, 1964 - A destructive, death-dealing earthquake struck the city of Anchorage and several smaller Alaskan towns this week. In...

Mar. 29, 1964 - A hat trick by Norm Ullman (pictured) and rookie Bob Champoux’s clutch goaltending gave the Detroit Red Wings a big 5-4...

Mar. 29, 1964 - The virtuosity of Oscar Robertson overcame Jerry Lucas’s ailing back and a tough, valiant effort by the Philadelphia...

Mar. 29, 1964 - The Wild Ones invaded the season resort town of Clacton, England, today — 1,000 fighting, drinking, roaring, rampaging...

Mar. 29, 1964 - Melville Shavelson, a leading writer-producer-director, plans to make a movie about Colonel David (Mickey) Marcus...

Mar. 29, 1964 - The Lakers climbed off the floor in the second half, and with the roaring approval of 13,862 L.A. Sports Arena fans,...

Mar. 29, 1964 - Whites and Negroes in Birmingham, Ala., long estranged by racial discord, found common ground today in an Easter service...

Mar. 28, 1964 - “What’s that story about the streetcar named Desire that was pretty hard to catch? Well, that was Frank Mahovlich...

Mar. 28, 1964 - Big Connie Dierking came off the bench tonight to spark the 76ers to a 129-120 victory over the Cincinnati Royals at the...