1960s Timeline

Jan. 1, 1963 - New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller began his second term today with an inaugural address that drew attention to his...

Dec. 27, 1962 - Five more East German refugees escaped to West Berlin unnoticed by communist border guards today, bringing to 14 the...

Dec. 27, 1962 - The American freighter African Pilot arrived in Florida today with 922 Cuban refugees, the largest single mass exodus...

Dec. 26, 1962 - The freighter African Pilot, packed with 923 Cuban emigrants, sailed tonight for Florida. Released by Premier Fidel...

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, 1962 - Manuel Artime (pictured in May 1961), one of the leaders of the abortive 1961 Cuban invasion, today called on all the...

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, 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, 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, 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, 1962 - The first Cuban war prisoners liberated from Fidel Castro’s jails in exchange for medicine and food reached U.S. soil...

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, 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, 1962 - The 1,113 Cuban invasion prisoners will be ransomed for food and medical supplies beginning Sunday morning — two days...

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, 1962 - A Flying Tiger Constellation air freighter with five persons aboard crashed in a dense fog last night while attempting to...

Dec. 14, 1962 - The military transport Geiger arrived at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, today with a shipload of wives, children, and other...

Dec. 11, 1962 - The Minuteman intercontinental missile (pictured) was declared operational today. In a ceremony at Malmstrom Air Force...

Dec. 11, 1962 - Premier David Ben-Gurion (pictured second from right) threatened today to send the Israeli army deep into Syria in...

Dec. 10, 1962 - Richard G. Kleindienst (pictured), Arizona Republican Party state chairman, said today he thinks Senator Barry Goldwater...