Texas Senator Yarborough Won't Run for Governor
Jan. 25, 1962 - Texas Senator Ralph Yarborough (pictured far left in 1960) took himself out of his state’s gubernatorial race today. The...
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Jan 25, 2022
Rusk Urges Vigilance on Cuba
Jan. 25, 1962 - Secretary of State Dean Rusk urged the conference of American foreign ministers in Uruguay today to adopt a plan “to...
Jan 24, 2022
General Rosson Will Head "Special Warfare" Unit
Jan. 24, 1962 - The Army assigned its youngest general today to responsibility for directing the ground force’s expanding efforts in...
Jan 24, 2022
President Again Gives Milk a Boost
Jan. 24, 1962 - President Kennedy urged the American public again today to put its faith in the American cow and keep on drinking milk....
Jan 24, 2022
James Farmer, Civil Rights Leader, Convicted of Breach of Peace in Mississippi
Jan. 24, 1962 - The national director of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) was convicted of breach of peace in Jackson, Miss., today...
Jan 24, 2022
Mrs. Kennedy's Press Secretary Hits Back at Luce Charges on Clothes
Jan. 24, 1962 - Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy’s press secretary pointed out today that the First Lady wore American-made clothes practically...
Jan 24, 2022
California Governor Brown Formally Declares Candidacy for Re-election, Hits Nixon
Jan. 24, 1962 - California Governor Edmund G. Brown (pictured center in 1959) formally became a Democratic candidate for a second term...
Jan 24, 2022
Soviet Defense Minister Calls Shelters "Tombs Prepared in Advance"
Jan. 24, 1962 - Soviet Defense Minister Rodion Y. Malinovsky declared in an interview published today in Pravda, newspaper of the Soviet...
Jan 24, 2022
President Vigorously Defends Loyalty of Two State Department Employees
Jan. 24, 1962 - President Kennedy vigorously defended two State Department employees today against a newspaper woman’s statement that...
Jan 24, 2022
28 East Germans Escape to West
Jan. 24, 1962 - Twenty-eight East Germans, including a 71-year-old paralyzed woman and an 8-year-old girl, fled to West Berlin early...
Jan 23, 2022
Video: Debate between Malcolm X and Bayard Rustin
Jan. 23, 1962 - Here is video of a debate between Black Muslim Minister Malcolm X (right) and Bayard Rustin (left) of the Southern...
Jan 23, 2022
Lunch Counters in Columbus, Georgia Desegregated with No Incidents
Jan. 23, 1962 - Lunch counters in Columbus, Ga., were quietly desegregated today. The city of 118,000, situated near Fort Benning, the...
Jan 23, 2022
Former Mob Hitman Found Dead in Attica Prison Cell
Jan. 23, 1962 - Jack Drucker (pictured in 1939), 56, once associated with the Murder Inc. ring, was found dead today in his cell at...
Jan 23, 2022
MLB: Feller and Robinson Elected to Hall of Fame
Jan. 23, 1962 - Bob Feller and Jackie Robinson were elected today to the Hall of Fame. Feller, who pitched for the Cleveland Indians from...
Jan 23, 2022
President Says Milk "Offers No Hazards" from Fallout or Cholesterol
Jan. 23, 1962 - President Kennedy told the public today that its milk supply “offers no hazards” either from radioactive fallout or...
Jan 23, 2022
Ike Shifts Position on "Muzzling" Generals
Jan. 23, 1962 - Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower suggested today that leading military men assume a major role in warning the public...
Jan 23, 2022
U.S. Seeks to Bar Cuba from Organization of American States
Jan. 23, 1962 - The United States fought for votes today on a new formula for the Cuban problem that would suspend Premier Fidel Castro’s...
Jan 22, 2022
MLB: Johnny Podres Signs New Contract with Dodgers
Jan. 22, 1962 - Johnny Podres (far right), who had the best winning percentage among National League pitchers with an 18-5 record for...
Jan 22, 2022
Attorney General Kennedy Rejects Invitation to Visit Moscow
Jan. 22, 1962 - Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy rejected today an informal invitation to visit the Soviet Union. The President’s...
Jan 21, 2022
Sen. Humphrey Says Chinese Could Have Bomb "Any Time This Year"
Jan. 21, 1962 - The assistant Senate majority leader, Hubert Humphrey (left), said today that Red China could explode a nuclear device...
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