1960s Timeline

Mar. 28, 1964 - Opening today is “The Incredible Mr. Limpet,” a live-action/animated comedy film produced by Warner Brothers, directed by...

Mar. 28, 1964 - The Rev. Billy Graham says he hopes his Easter Sunday service in Birmingham, Ala., tomorrow before an integrated audience...

Mar. 28, 1964 - Tidal waves 12 to 15 feet high, set off by the Alaskan earthquake, swept out of the Pacific early today and wrecked the...

Mar. 28, 1964 - A top intelligence officer was sentence today to death for crimes he committed while he served the regime of the late...

Mar. 27, 1964 - Boston Celtics’ star Bill Russell is considering retiring from the NBA after the current playoffs because of his mental...

Mar. 27, 1964 - Whether he lands a job with the Angels or not, colorful Jimmy Piersall (pictured with Phil Silvers) will have his own...

Mar. 27, 1964 - The Chicago Black Hawks played it tight and close to the vest last night against the Detroit Red Wings, who skated almost...

Mar. 27, 1964 - Army Special Forces troopers bound for South Vietnam are being given a one-pound survival kit to enable them to evade the...

Mar. 27, 1964 - A destructive, death-dealing earthquake struck the city of Anchorage and several smaller Alaskan towns today. In Juneau,...

Mar. 27, 1964 - Two American airmen were reported missing today on a reconnaissance flight over South Vietnam. A third United States...

Mar. 26, 1964 - Charlie Hodge, the Montreal Canadiens’ wizard goalie, couldn’t contain a grin from ear to ear when a friend ribbed him...

Mar. 26, 1964 - Police received a tape recording today of Ed Budde’s version of what happened when the husky football player suffered a...

Mar. 26, 1964 - Malcolm X, former spokesman for the Nation of Islam and now Black Nationalist leader, said today in Washington that he...

Mar. 26, 1964 - Opening today in the U.S. is “The Fall of the Roman Empire,” an epic historical drama film directed by Anthony Mann and...

Mar. 26, 1964 - Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy has chosen the author to write what she hopes will be the authoritative story of the...

Mar. 26, 1964 - The Johnson Administration forcefully rejected today “withdrawal,” “neutralization,” or “peace at any price,” in the war...

Mar. 25, 1964 - Although 11,728 highly partisan fans died a thousand deaths, the Lakers, on Elgin Baylor’s 22-foot jump shot in the final...

Mar. 25, 1964 - Senator Barry Goldwater, in the city where Robert McNamara became famous as a car-builder, delivered his most scathing...

Mar. 25, 1964 - An American writer who interviewed Lee Harvey Oswald (pictured in 1959) in Moscow four years before his murder as the...

Mar. 25, 1964 - The Johnson Administration has opened a campaign to help break through bureaucratic, industrial, and shipping bottlenecks...