Rocky Begins Second Term
Jan. 1, 1963 - New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller began his second term today with an inaugural address that drew attention to his...
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Dec 27, 2022
Five More East German Refugees Escape
Dec. 27, 1962 - Five more East German refugees escaped to West Berlin unnoticed by communist border guards today, bringing to 14 the...
Dec 27, 2022
American Freighter Arrives in Florida With 922 Cuban Refugees
Dec. 27, 1962 - The American freighter African Pilot arrived in Florida today with 922 Cuban refugees, the largest single mass exodus...
Dec 26, 2022
Bay of Pigs Prisoner Relatives Sail for Florida
Dec. 26, 1962 - The freighter African Pilot, packed with 923 Cuban emigrants, sailed tonight for Florida. Released by Premier Fidel...
Dec 26, 2022
Crippled War Veteran Leads Breakout from Communist East Germany
Dec. 26, 1962 - For six months, Hans Weidner, a crippled war veteran, worked deep in Communist East Germany to armor and outfit an old...
Dec 25, 2022
Cuban Invasion Leader: “We Shall Return”
Dec. 25, 1962 - Manuel Artime (pictured in May 1961), one of the leaders of the abortive 1961 Cuban invasion, today called on all the...
Dec 25, 2022
Castro Sets New Conditions on Emigration of Bay of Pigs Relatives
Dec. 25, 1962 - Premier Fidel Castro switched signals today and told relatives of ransomed invasion prisoners that if they want to go to...
Dec 24, 2022
Final Bay of Pigs Prisoners Reach Florida
Dec. 24, 1962 - The last of the 1,113 Bay of Pigs invasion prisoners came back tonight in time to spend Christmas with their relatives....
Dec 24, 2022
Castro to Release Relatives of Bay of Pigs Prisoners
Dec. 24, 1962 - Premier Fidel Castro has cleared the way for more than 1,000 Cuban relatives of liberated Bay of Pigs prisoners to join...
Dec 23, 2022
Bay of Pigs Prisoners Speak of Mistreatment in Cuban Jails
Dec. 23, 1962 - Mistreatment and neglect were the lot of Bay of Pigs prisoners held for the last 20 months in Cuba, several of the...
Dec 23, 2022
First Bay of Pigs Prisoners Reach U.S. Soil
Dec. 23, 1962 - The first Cuban war prisoners liberated from Fidel Castro’s jails in exchange for medicine and food reached U.S. soil...
Dec 23, 2022
Judge Declares Mistrial in Hoffa Conspiracy Trial, Alleges Jury Tampering
Dec. 23, 1962 - A Federal judge declared a mistrial today in the conspiracy trial of James R. Hoffa (right). He said labor associates of...
Dec 22, 2022
First Bay of Pigs Prisoners to Arrive in Florida Tomorrow
Dec. 22, 1962 - U.S. official sources said tonight the first planeload of Cuba invasion prisoners would be flown to Florida 8:30 a.m....
Dec 21, 2022
Castro Agrees to Bay of Pigs Prisoner Swap
Dec. 21, 1962 - The 1,113 Cuban invasion prisoners will be ransomed for food and medical supplies beginning Sunday morning — two days...
Dec 17, 2022
U.S. Communist Party Found Guilty on Federal Charge
Dec. 17, 1962 - The Communist Party of the United States was found guilty today of refusing to register as an agent of the Soviet Union...
Dec 15, 2022
Air Freighter Crashes in L.A., 4 Bodies Recovered So Far
Dec. 15, 1962 - A Flying Tiger Constellation air freighter with five persons aboard crashed in a dense fog last night while attempting to...
Dec 14, 2022
Service Dependents Returned to Guantanamo
Dec. 14, 1962 - The military transport Geiger arrived at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, today with a shipload of wives, children, and other...
Dec 11, 2022
Minuteman Interncontinental Missile Declared Operational
Dec. 11, 1962 - The Minuteman intercontinental missile (pictured) was declared operational today. In a ceremony at Malmstrom Air Force...
Dec 11, 2022
Israeli Premier David Ben-Gurion Warns Syria
Dec. 11, 1962 - Premier David Ben-Gurion (pictured second from right) threatened today to send the Israeli army deep into Syria in...
Dec 10, 2022
Arizona GOP Chairman: Goldwater Likely to Run in ‘64
Dec. 10, 1962 - Richard G. Kleindienst (pictured), Arizona Republican Party state chairman, said today he thinks Senator Barry Goldwater...
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