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Nov 13, 2022

Ike Says Nixon Will Stay in Politics

Nov. 13, 1962 - Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower said today that it was “not possible” that former Vice President Richard M. Nixon’s...

Nov 12, 2022

Rare Coins Stolen from Truman Library

Nov. 12, 1962 - A collection of rare coins was stolen early today from the Harry S. Truman Library in Independence, Mo. John W. Snyder,...

Nov 12, 2022

Nixon’s Press Secretary Assails ABC Program

Nov. 12, 1962 - Herbert G. Klein (second from right), press secretary to former Vice President Richard M. Nixon, said today that an...

Nov 11, 2022

Secretary McNamara Speaks at Veterans Day Ceremonies

Nov. 11, 1962 - Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara (right), honoring America’s war dead, pledged today to seek peace but called on...

Nov 10, 2022

Lillian Cross, Who Saved FDR from Assassin’s Bullet, Buried in Miami

Nov. 10, 1962 - Mrs. Lillian Cross, the woman who saved Franklin D. Roosevelt from an assassin’s bullet 29 years ago, was buried in...

Nov 10, 2022

Hyde Park Citizens Reminisce About Mrs. Roosevelt

Nov. 10, 1962 - Regular citizens of the village of Hyde Park, N.Y., spoke fondly today of the late Eleanor Roosevelt (pictured in 1948)....

Nov 10, 2022

Eleanor Roosevelt Buried in Hyde Park

Nov. 10, 1962 - Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt was buried next to her husband in Hyde Park, N.Y., this afternoon. The three men who followed...

Nov 9, 2022

Truman Calls Nixon Poor Loser

Nov. 9, 1962 - Former President Harry S. Truman had this comment today about Richard M. Nixon’s bitter withdrawal from public life: “A...

Nov 9, 2022

Los Angeles Times Responds to Nixon Charges

Nov. 9, 1962 - The Los Angeles Times carried a statement by its publisher, Otis Chandler, yesterday in response to Richard M. Nixon’s...

Nov 9, 2022

Tributes to Eleanor Roosevelt Pour In

Nov. 9, 1962 - Thousands of messages of tribute to Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt (pictured with President Roosevelt in 1933) from leaders all...

Nov 8, 2022

U.S. Says “All Known” Offensive Missile Bases in Cuba Dismantled

Nov. 8, 1962 - The U.S. announced today that “all known” offensive-missile bases in Cuba had been dismantled. A statement issued by the...

Nov 7, 2022

Nixon Says He’s Out of Politics for Good

Nov. 7, 1962 - At 10 a.m. this morning, Richard M. Nixon sent this telegram to Democratic Governor Edmund G. Brown, who had just defeated...

Nov 7, 2022

🚨Eleanor Roosevelt Dead at 78

Nov. 7, 1962 - Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt died tonight. The former First Lady, famous as the wife and widow of the 32nd President of the...

Nov 7, 2022

Nelson Mandela Sentenced to Five Years in Jail

Nov. 7, 1962 - Nelson Mandela (pictured), former secretary general of the banned African National Congress on South Africa and Secretary...

Nov 7, 2022

Khrushchev: Soviet Rockets Are Out of Cuba

Nov. 7, 1962 - Premier Khrushchev (pictured today with Marshal Rodion Malinovsky) declared today that the Soviet Union had taken its...

Nov 7, 2022

Nixon Concedes, Gives Bitter Press Conference

Nov. 7, 1962 - Richard M. Nixon conceded defeat today in his quest for the Governorship of California with a telegram to the victor,...

Nov 7, 2022

Romney Elected Governor of Michigan

Nov. 7, 1962 - The election of Michigan’s first Republican Governor in 14 years is regarded as a distinctly personal victory for George...

Nov 6, 2022

Mixed Reports on California Gubernatorial Race

Nov. 6, 1962 - A mild state of tension gripped Richard M. Nixon’s “victory headquarters” at the Beverly Hilton Hotel tonight as...

Nov 6, 2022

Governor Rockfeller Reelected

Nov. 6, 1962 - Governor Nelson Rockefeller of New York won reelection today over Robert M. Morgenthau by at least 500,000 votes in a...

Nov 5, 2022

Nixon Takes to the Airwaves, Accuses Brown of “Smear Tactics”

Nov. 5, 1962 - Richard M. Nixon made a dramatic 11th-hour bid tonight to turn an apparently adverse tide in his campaign for Governor of...