1960s Timeline

Apr. 25, 1962 - Four-year-old Caroline Kennedy has been signed for a college preparatory school. Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy applied for...

Apr. 25, 1962 - The number of executions for criminal offenses fell to a record low of 42 last year, the Federal Bureau of Prisons...

Apr. 25, 1962 - The U.S. nuclear test series in the Pacific has been given the name of Operation Dominic, a name with Latin ancestry but...

Apr. 25, 1962 - Vietnamese Rangers and the Civil Guard, with help from U.S. Marines, dealt a major blow today to Communist insurgents in...

Apr. 25, 1962 - The U.S. resumed nuclear testing in the atmosphere today by setting off an intermediate-size explosion near Christmas...

Apr. 24, 1962 - Sandy Koufax of the Los Angeles Dodgers struck out 18 batters today and matched the modern major league mark he already...

Apr. 24, 1962 - South Vietnamese troops, backed by American air support, killed 69 Communist guerrillas today in a running battle 34...

Apr. 24, 1962 - U.S. soldiers wounded in the fighting in Vietnam will receive the Purple Heart. President Kennedy will issue within the...

Apr. 24, 1962 - President Kennedy gave the long-awaited order today for the U.S. to resume nuclear testing in the atmosphere. The test...

Apr. 23, 1962 - In thrashing the Pittsburgh Pirates, 9-1, today, the Mets not only ended their record-tying nine-game losing streak but...

Apr. 23, 1962 - An American sergeant wounded in the leg by Communist fire has been denied the Purple Heart. Although the incident was two...

Apr. 23, 1962 - Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy called today for more Americans to go abroad to explain the United States’ belief in...

Apr. 22, 1962 - The New York Mets lost again today, defeated by the undefeated Pittsburgh Pirates, 4-3. “Well, we played a hard nine...

Apr. 22, 1962 - President Kennedy is at a high point in popular support, according to a consensus of newspaper publishers and executives...

Apr. 21, 1962 - Curt Simmons, picked up by St. Louis for almost nothing two years ago, pitched the unbeaten Cardinals to their seventh...

Apr. 21, 1962 - Thousands of peace walkers and pacifists marched to the U.N. today in an appeal to President Kennedy to cancel his...

Apr. 21, 1962 - President Kennedy opened the Seattle World’s Fair by remote control today. He voiced the hope that he was inaugurating...

Apr. 21, 1962 - Rearing children interferes with careers for women, according to President Kennedy. The observation was made in response...

Apr. 20, 1962 - At the insistence of Manager Casey Stengel, the New York Mets practiced baseball fundamentals in New York today before...

Apr. 20, 1962 - Mrs. Barbara Powers, 27-year-old wife of U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers, was taken to a hospital today after taking an...