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Jan 1, 2023

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...

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...