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Nov 4, 2022

Nixon Accuses Brown of Smears

Nov. 4, 1962 - Richard M. Nixon, fighting for his political life, announced today that he planned an election eve exposé tomorrow of what...

Nov 3, 2022

Nixon Guarantees Victory

Nov. 3, 1962 - Richard M. Nixon, predicting victory in Tuesday’s election, pressed his campaign for Governor of California tonight with a...

Nov 1, 2022

Castro Rejects International Inspections

Nov. 1, 1962 - Premier Fidel Castro (right) announced tonight Cuba’s rejection of any form of international inspection on the withdrawal...

Nov 1, 2022

Nixon Accused of “Racial Insult”

Nov. 1, 1962 - The 400-member Negro Baptist Ministers Conference of Southern California protested today about an alleged “racial insult”...

Oct 31, 2022

Indian Prime Minister Fires Defense Chief

Oct. 31, 1962 - Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru (right) dismissed V.K. Krishna Menon (left) today as Minister of Defense and took over...

Oct 29, 2022

Indian Prime Minister Requests Urgent Military Assistance from U.S.

Oct. 29, 1962 - Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru (pictured with President Kennedy last year) made an urgent request to the U.S. today for...

Oct 23, 2022

🚨Twenty-Five Soviet Merchant Ships Continue Path to Cuba

Oct. 23, 1962 - United States patrol planes have spotted 25 Soviet merchant ships on the way to Cuba, their courses unchanged in the last...

Oct 23, 2022

U.S. Hits Cuba in U.N.

Oct. 23, 1962 - The United States charged in the U.N. Security Council today that the Soviet Union had converted Cuba into “a bridgehead...

Oct 23, 2022

Pentagon Halts Discharges of Navy and Marine Corps Personnel

Oct. 23, 1962 - The Pentagon halted discharges of all Navy and Marine Corps personnel today. Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara said...

Oct 23, 2022

Strengthening of U.S. Military Bases in South Florida Continues

Oct. 23, 1962 - The strengthening of U.S. military bases continued today in Key West, Fla. (pictured), and elsewhere through the Florida...

Oct 22, 2022

Indian Prime Minister Addresses Nation as Chinese Press Attack

Oct. 22, 1962 - Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru told the people of India today that the Chinese Communist attack was a threat to their...

Oct 21, 2022

Chinese Communists Advance Into India

Oct. 21, 1962 - The Chinese Communists advanced farther into Indian territory today on the second day of heavy fighting between Indian...

Oct 21, 2022

🚨Thousands of U.S. Marines Arrive in Key West

Oct. 21, 1962 - A large number of U.S. Marines have arrived at Key West Naval Base during the last two days. An unconfirmed report fixed...

Oct 19, 2022

Soviet Equipment Pouring into Cuba

Oct. 19, 1962 - The Soviet bloc poured equipment and supplies into Cuba last month at a rate of more than a shipload a day, U.S. sources...

Oct 18, 2022

U.S. Shifting Navy Jet Fighters to Florida

Oct. 18, 1962 - The United States has quietly shifted a Navy squadron of 12 jet fighters to the southern tip of Florida to counter the...

Oct 17, 2022

U.S. Officials on Algerian Premier: Not Surprised by Betrayal

Oct. 17, 1962 - U.S. officials said tonight they were unhappy but not too surprised by Algerian Premier Ben Bella’s action in coming out...

Oct 17, 2022

In Cuba, Algerian Premier Turns on U.S.

Oct. 17, 1962 - Premier Ahmed Ben Bella of Algeria (center) joined today with Premier Fidel Castro in demanding that the U.S. give up its...

Oct 6, 2022

Walker Released from Federal Prison

Oct. 6, 1962 - Former Maj. Gen. Edwin A. Walker, accused of leading campus rioters last weekend at the University of Mississippi, was...

Oct 2, 2022

Psychiatric Examination Ordered for Walker

Oct. 2, 1962 - Former Maj. Gen. Edwin A. Walker (pictured), a key figure in weekend rioting over admission of a Negro to the University...

Oct 1, 2022

Nixon Tells Gov. Brown to “Stand Up as a Man”

Oct. 1, 1962 - Richard M. Nixon accused Gov. Edmund G. Brown today of “privately” and “slyly” implying untruly that the former Vice...