President Touts Democratic Party as "Party of Progress"
Jan. 21, 1962 - President Kennedy said last night that the Democratic party would win the 1962 elections if it ran “as a party of...
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Jan 20, 2022
MLB: Drysdale Signs 1962 Contract with Dodgers
Jan. 20, 1962 - Don Drysdale’s signed contract for the 1962 season was received today by the Los Angeles Dodgers, who said his salary...
Jan 20, 2022
MLB: Eddie Mathews and Hank Aaron Sign '62 Contracts with Braves
Jan. 20, 1962 - Henry Aaron (pictured) and Eddie Mathews, the one-two punch of the Milwaukee Braves, signed their 1962 contracts today....
Jan 20, 2022
Two-Part Podcast on Holocaust Organizer Adolf Eichman
🎙 On this date in 1942, Adolf Eichmann and other senior Nazis met in Wannsee to hammer out the details of their "Final Solution to the...
Jan 20, 2022
NAACP Lawyer Talks Civil Rights Strategy for '62
Jan. 20, 1962 - Legal activity for civil rights this year will include an all-out desegregation drive in Mississippi, more numerous...
Jan 20, 2022
Soviet Leaders Invite Robert F. Kennedy to Visit Moscow
Jan. 20, 1962 - The Soviet leaders have asked Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy to visit Moscow on his world tour next month. President...
Jan 19, 2022
McNamara Says U.S. Resolved to Oppose Communist Aggression
Jan. 19, 1962 - Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara said today that the United States was resolved to oppose Communist aggression “in...
Jan 19, 2022
President Kennedy Welcomes Composer Igor Stravinsky to White House
Jan. 19, 1962 - President Kennedy entertained composer Igor Stravinsky (right) at a small White House dinner last night. Mr. Stravinsky,...
Jan 18, 2022
Warren Spahn Signs for 18th Season with Braves
Jan. 18, 1962 - Warren Spahn, the highest-salaried pitcher in baseball history, signed for his 18th season with the Braves today. The...
Jan 18, 2022
Lou Saban Named Head Coach of AFL's Buffalo Bills
Jan. 18, 1962 - Lou Saban (pictured), who coached the Boston Patriots until last October, was named head coach today of the Buffalo Bills...
Jan 18, 2022
GOP Leaders Hit Kennedy on Budget Proposals
Jan. 18, 1962 - Republican leaders viewed the Administration’s legislative and budgetary proposals today as power-building projects....
Jan 18, 2022
Defoliation Efforts Begin in Vietnam
Jan. 18, 1962 - United States planes have sprayed jungle growth along the Saigon-Saint Jacques road in South Vietnam to remove foliage...
Jan 18, 2022
Soviets Withdraw Tanks from Berlin Border
Jan. 18, 1962 - The Soviet Army has withdrawn a dozen tanks from the heart of East Berlin, where they were encamped about half a mile...
Jan 18, 2022
President Kennedy Presents Balanced Budget to Congress
Jan. 18, 1962 - President Kennedy presented his first complete budget to Congress today. It was balanced, as he had pledged, and it...
Jan 17, 2022
Yankees Edge Packers for Top Pro Sports Team of 1961
Jan. 17, 1962 - The New York Yankees beat the Green Bay Packers by 1 percentage point in a poll to determine the top professional sports...
Jan 17, 2022
President Kennedy Proclaims May 1 "Law Day, U.S.A."
Jan. 17, 1962 - President Kennedy today proclaimed May 1 as “Law Day, U.S.A.” He called on the American people to observe it with...
Jan 17, 2022
Police Commissioner Eugene "Bull" Connor to Seek Nomination for Governor of Alabama
Jan. 17, 1962 - Police Commissioner Eugene “Bull” Connor (pictured) said today that he would seek the nomination for Governor of Alabama...
Jan 17, 2022
Viet Cong Make Gains with Peasant Population
Jan. 17, 1962 - Despite considerable improvement in its information and propaganda services, the South Vietnamese Government is losing...
Jan 16, 2022
Three Negro Churches Bombed in Birmingham
Jan. 16, 1962 - Three Negro churches in Birmingham, Ala., were bombed tonight. Two were damaged severely. Two of the bombings took place...
Jan 16, 2022
MLB: Berra and Ford Sign New Contracts with Yankees
Jan. 16, 1962 - While downstairs at Toots Shor’s the “poor people” were having lunch today, Yogi Berra and Whitey Ford (pictured with Roy...
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