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Dec 10, 2022

Guevara: Cuba Planned Nuke Attacks on Key U.S. Cities in October

Dec. 10, 1962 - Cuba planned nuclear attacks against key U.S. cities, including New York, in retaliation against any new invasion of the...

Dec 10, 2022

U.S. Wants Soviets Out of Cuba

Dec. 10, 1962 - The U.S. expressed renewed impatience today with the continued presence of Soviet military forces in Cuba. Secretary of...

Dec 5, 2022

Election of George McGovern to Senate is Confirmed

Dec. 5, 1962 - South Dakota Senator Joe H. Bottum, a Republican, conceded today the election of Democrat George S. McGovern (pictured...

Dec 5, 2022

Man Tries To Kill James Hoffa in Nashville Courtroom

Dec. 5, 1962 - A man who said he wanted to kill James R. Hoffa fired an air pistol at the labor leader in Federal court today in...

Dec 5, 2022

West Germany Asks Chile to Extradite Former Nazi

Dec. 5, 1962 - West Germany has asked the Chilean Government to extradite Walter Rauff, an alleged former collaborator of Adolf Eichmann....

Nov 30, 2022

U Thant Elected Secretary General of U.N.

Nov. 30, 1962 - The General Assembly unanimously elected U Thant (right) today as Secretary General of the United Nations until Nov. 3,...

Nov 30, 2022

Sir Winston Celebrates 88th Birthday

Nov. 30, 1962 - Sir Winston Churchill, celebrating his 88th birthday today, walked unaided to the window of his London residence and...

Nov 28, 2022

Post Office to Add “Zip Code”

Nov. 28, 1962 - The Post Office Department will add a five-digit number to everyone’s address on July 1. The new number will be called a...

Nov 28, 2022

De Gaulle Commutes Jouhaud’s Death Sentence

Nov. 28, 1962 - President de Gaulle commuted today to life imprisonment the death sentences imposed on former Gen. Edmond Jouhaud...

Nov 28, 2022

Defense Department Orders Precautions

Nov. 28, 1962 - The Defense Department is ordering precautions in all the military services against the possibility that emotionally...

Nov 25, 2022

Chairman of Atomic Energy Commission Predicts Future

Nov. 25, 1962 - Spectacular peaceful applications of atomic energy in the next 20 years were forecast today by Dr. Glenn T. Seaborg...

Nov 25, 2022

Kilroy is Dead

Nov. 25, 1962 - James J. Kilroy (pictured in 1946), who maintained that he was the original Kilroy of the famous “Kilroy was here”...

Nov 20, 2022

Communist China Orders Ceasefire Along Indian Border

Nov. 20, 1962 - Communist China announced today it was ordering a ceasefire along the entire Indian border at 11 a.m. tomorrow, Eastern...

Nov 19, 2022

Castro: Soviets Can Remove Jet Bombers

Nov. 19, 1962 - Premier Fidel Castro informed the U.N. early today that he would not object if the Soviet Union removed the jet bombers...

Nov 17, 2022

Father Divine’s Organization Continues to Thrive

Nov. 17, 1962 - The worldwide Kingdom of Peace founded by Father Divine continues today to grow and prosper. “Father will provide” is the...

Nov 17, 2022

Nixon Responds to Hiss Charges

Nov. 17, 1962 - Richard M. Nixon questioned today the importance of Alger Hiss’s comments about him on television “when weighed on the...

Nov 17, 2022

Three Pro-Castro Cubans Arrested on Conspiracy Charges

Nov. 17, 1962 - Three pro-Castro Cubans were arrested in New York today on sabotage conspiracy charges after the FBI had seized a cache...

Nov 16, 2022

U.S. Answers Castro Threats

Nov. 16, 1962 - The U.S. said today it would defend its aerial surveillance flights over Cuba if necessary and would continue them until...

Nov 15, 2022

Castro Issues Warning on Reconnaissance Flights

Nov. 15, 1962 - Premier Fidel Castro warned today that Cuba would shoot down U.S. planes if the aerial reconnaissance over Cuba...

Nov 14, 2022

Soviets Call NYC “Tasteless, Vulgar”

Nov. 14, 1962 - New York City was characterized in a Soviet magazine today as “gloomy” and overrun with hooligans, noise, and slums. The...