1960s Timeline

Apr. 10, 1962 - The United States Steel Corporation announced this evening price increases averaging $6 a ton, effective at midnight. The...

Apr. 10, 1962 - The Yankees opened their 40th season today with a 7-6 victory that might be called a review of some of their sparkling...

Apr. 10, 1962 - Vice President Johnson was congratulated today by President Kennedy and Democratic Congressional leaders on 25 years’...

Apr. 10, 1962 - Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy said that literacy and similar tests were now the principal device used to keep...

Apr. 10, 1962 - United States Army officers said today that two wounded American sergeants were murdered in cold blood by their Communist...

Apr. 9, 1962 - President Kennedy, like every President since William Howard Taft, made the first pitch at the opening of the baseball...

Apr. 9, 1962 - The Washington Senators, whose 61-101 record last season prompted the adoption of “a better view in ’62” as their slogan...

Apr. 9, 1962 - Eager citizens, proud civic leaders, and jubilant baseball dignitaries today joined to dedicate the Los Angeles Dodgers’...

Apr. 9, 1962 - Here is a video excerpt of President Kennedy’s remarks on the 50th anniversary of the Children’s Bureau. #JFK #1960s...

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Apr. 9, 1962 - Cliff Robertson will portray John F. Kennedy in “PT-109,” the movie version of the President’s exploits as a Navy officer...

Apr. 9, 1962 - President Kennedy challenged adults today to continue trying to make the U.S. “a happy nursery” for children. The...

Apr. 8, 1962 - The 1,179 prisoners seized in the invasion of Cuba a year ago have been convicted of treason. But the Castro regime is...

Apr. 8, 1962 - Two United States enlisted men were killed and two others were missing today in an attack by Communist guerrillas near An...

Apr. 7, 1962 - South Vietnamese Government forces (pictured), alerted by spies in the Viet Cong movement, crushed an attack by 1,200...

Apr. 6, 1962 - “Your Share in Space,” is a film that explores the U.S. space program and discusses what NASA is trying to accomplish....

Apr. 6, 1962 - President Kennedy received his American League baseball pass today. He gave a sympathetic chuckle when told that the...

Apr. 5, 1962 - The Army announced today that it had established an anti-guerrilla school at Fort Bragg, N.C. Personnel will be trained to...

Apr. 5, 1962 - President Kennedy set aside May 1 as a special day for declaring “unceasing devotion and loyalty to this nation” and “our...

Apr. 4, 1962 - The mystery of rumored invasion preparations in the Key West area of Florida was cleared up today at Warner Brothers. What...