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May 25, 2022

Dodgers Destroy Mets, 17-8, in Los Angeles

May 25, 1962 - Disaster engulfed the Mets on all fronts tonight as the Dodgers swept the three-game series with a crushing 17-8 triumph...

May 25, 2022

Astronaut Scott Carpenter Perfectly Healthy

May 25, 1962 - The Project Mercury medical team pronounced Lieut. Commander Scott Carpenter today to have come through five hours in...

May 25, 2022

Frankie Carbo Chooses Alcatraz: "It's Cleaner There"

May 25, 1962 - Frankie Carbo went to Alcatraz Penitentiary today at his own request. The 57-year-old underworld figure had been in Los...

May 25, 2022

NASA's Schedule for the 1960s

May 25, 1962 - Now that Lieut. Comdr. Scott Carpenter has duplicated the success of Lieut. Col. John H. Glenn Jr. on a three-orbit...

May 25, 2022

Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy Speaks on Civil Rights

May 25, 1962 - Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy received two awards in New York City yesterday. In the afternoon, he was given the...

May 24, 2022

Giants Top Phillies, 7-4, as Willie Hits Two Homers

May 24, 1962 - Willie Mays hit a pair of home runs today as the San Francisco Giants scored a 7-4 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies....

May 24, 2022

The Origin of "Aurora VII"

May 24, 1962 - It seems fitting that Lieut. Comdr. Scott Carpenter’s reasons for naming his spacecraft Aurora VII are both lofty and...

May 24, 2022

President Kennedy Congratulates Astronaut Scott Carpenter

May 24, 1962 - President Kennedy said today that the courage of Lieutenant Commander Scott Carpenter and the skill and initiative of his...

May 24, 2022

Carpenter's Overshoot Attributed to Capsule Angle

May 24, 1962 - The overshoot of Lieut. Comdr. Carpenter’s space capsule (pictured left) was said to have been caused by the fact that the...

May 24, 2022

🚨Commander Carpenter Is Second American to Orbit the Earth

May 24, 1962 - Lieutenant Commander Scott Carpenter became today the second American astronaut to orbit the earth. His three-orbit trip...

May 24, 2022

South Vietnamese 7th Division Inflicts Heavy Casualties on Viet Cong

May 24, 1962 - The South Vietnamese Seventh Division continued today to inflict heavy casualties on a Communist guerrilla force trapped...

May 24, 2022

Assassination Plotters Sentenced to Death in South Vietnam

May 24, 1962 - In Saigon today, a special military tribunal sentenced three Vietnamese to death for having plotted to assassinate the...

May 24, 2022

President Kennedy Helps Lay Cornerstone on Rayburn Building

May 24, 1962 - President Kennedy, using a silver trowel, helped lay the cornerstone today of the $70 million Sam Rayburn House office...

May 23, 2022

Don Drysdale Overpowers Mets as Dodgers Win, 3-1

May 23, 1962 - The Mets, from their remote position in ninth place, made a heroic effort tonight in Los Angeles to make their presence...

May 23, 2022

Yanks Score 9 Runs in 8th Inning, Top Athletics, 13-7

May 23, 1962 - Maybe it was the sight of Mickey Mantle. Maybe it was Kansas City pitching. Attribute it to what you may, the Yankees...

May 23, 2022

Mickey Mantle Released from Hospital

May 23, 1962 - Released from Lenox Hill Hospital at noon, Mickey Mantle appeared in the Yankee dressing room on crutches at 1:15 p.m....

May 23, 2022

NFL Gives Pete Rozelle Five-Year Contract and a Raise

May 23, 1962 - The NFL increased the salary of its commissioner, Pete Rozelle, by $10,000 to $60,000 a year today. Rozelle was awarded a...

May 23, 2022

Highlights from President Kennedy's Press Conference

May 23, 1962 - Following are the highlights of President Kennedy’s news conference today: Refugees — He disclosed that a limited number...

May 23, 2022

President Kennedy Asked About Health Risks of Cigarette Smoking

May 23, 1962 - President Kennedy promised reporters today to give them an answer next week on the Government’s attitude toward studies...

May 23, 2022

Sen. Javits Supports Gov. Rockefeller for President in 1964

May 23, 1962 - Senator Jacob K. Javits today became the first prominent Republican political leader to propose Governor Rockefeller as...