1960s Timeline

Latest Podcasts

Politics | Culture | Entertainment | Sports

Mar 15

[VIDEO] Mar. 15, 1964 | A Conversation with LBJ

Mar. 15, 1964 - President Johnson tonight named as his major domestic objectives an attack on the causes of poverty and passage of the...

Mar 15

Berra Settling in at Yankee Skipper

Mar. 15, 1964 - Manager Yogi Berra (pictured left with Yankee photographer Bob Olen and Joe DiMaggio) is finding things out quickly —...

Mar 15

Elizabeth Taylor Marries Richard Burton

Mar. 15, 1964 - Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, whose on and offscreen romance was watched by the world since they fell in love two...

Mar 15

NYPD Commissioner Hits Malcolm X

Mar. 15, 1964 - New York City Police Commissioner Michael Murphy warned civil rights leaders today that he would not allow them to “turn...

Mar 15

[AUDIO] Bob Moses of SNCC Speaks on Mississippi Freedom Summer

Mar. 15, 1964 - The most extensive program of Negro education and political action seen in the South was outlined for Mississippi today...

Mar 15

Six Americans Killed in Vietnam

Mar. 15, 1964 - Communist ground fire downed a U.S. helicopter and a spotter plane in separate actions in South Vietnam this weekend. Six...

Mar 15

MLK Predicts More Demonstrations

Mar. 15, 1964 - Dr. Martin Luther King predicted yesterday there would be enormous civil rights demonstrations throughout the country in...

Mar 14

Warriors Dominate Lakers in L.A. as Chamberlain Shines

Mar. 14, 1964 - Wilt Chamberlain, 7-1 ace of the San Francisco Warriors, methodically chopped up the Lakers tonight before 11,876 at the...

Mar 14

[AUDIO] Ruby Defense Attorney Blasts Dallas

Mar. 14, 1964 - After Jack Ruby was sentenced to die in the electric chair for the murder of Lee Harvey Oswald, defense attorney Melvin...

Mar 14

[VIDEO] Mar. 14, 1964 | Prosecutor Reacts to Ruby Verdict

Mar. 14, 1964 - Jack Ruby was sentenced today to die in the electric chair for the murder of Lee Harvey Oswald, accused assassin of...

Mar 14

Humphrey Optimistic on Civil Rights Bill

Mar. 14, 1964 - Senator Hubert Humphrey told 900 New Jersey Democrats in Atlantic City, N.J., today that Congress would pass the civil...

Mar 14

Dallas Reacts to Ruby Sentence

Mar. 14, 1964 - The people of Dallas did not want Jack Ruby back among them, boasting of his crime and acquittal. Neither did they want...

Mar 14

Malcolm X’s Break with Nation of Islam Analyzed by Civil Rights Leaders

Mar. 14, 1964 - Leaders of the civil rights movement in the North and South are weighing the significance of the decision last week by...

Mar 14

🚨Jack Ruby Sentenced to Death

Mar. 14, 1964 - Jack Ruby was sentenced today to die in the electric chair for the murder of Lee Harvey Oswald, accused assassin of...

Mar 13

Goldwater Wants Answers on Vietnam

Mar. 13, 1964 - Senator Barry Goldwater suggested today that Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge should report to a joint session of Congress on...

Mar 13

28-Year-Old Barmaid Raped and Murdered in Queens

Mar. 13, 1964 - A 28-year-old woman who had given up a more prosaic life for a career as a barmaid and residence in a tiny Bohemian...

Mar 13

McNamara Seeks Increased U.S. Operations in South Vietnam

Mar. 13, 1964 - Defense Secretary Robert McNamara recommended to President Johnson today a program of increased operations against the...

Mar 12

Celtics Are Tops in the East for Eighth Consecutive Year

Mar. 12, 1964 - The Celtics rode to their eighth consecutive Eastern Division NBA crown tonight by defeating the Detroit Pistons,...

Mar 12

Ted Williams Speaks Out on Red Sox Prospects

Mar. 12, 1964 - “Rico Petrocelli is the most advanced of the young Red Sox players — Tony Horton is the best hitter — Tony Conigliaro...

Mar 12

RFK: No Feud with Johnson

Mar. 12, 1964 - Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy today refuted reports of a feud between him and President Johnson. “I have read these...