AFL: Buffalo Bills Fire Head Coach
Jan. 4, 1962 - The Buffalo Bills dismissed Coach Gerard (Buster) Ramsey (pictured) today. He was the fifth head coach to go since the...
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Jan 4, 2022
General Shoup: Marines Need to Toughen Up
Jan. 4, 1962 - General David M. Shoup, the U.S. Marine Corps commandant, said that today’s Marines need to toughen up. He said the corps...
Jan 4, 2022
U.S. Seeks to Boost Diem Regime in South Vietnam
Jan. 4, 1962 - The United States and South Vietnam announced today a “broad economic and social program” to raise living standards in...
Jan 3, 2022
Allies Seek "Live and Let Live" Arrangement in Berlin
Jan. 3, 1962 - The West was said today to be hoping for a live-and-let-live arrangement with the Soviet Union on Berlin and Germany. It...
Jan 3, 2022
The First Lady Goes Water-Skiing
Jan. 3, 1962 - President Kennedy took Vice President Johnson and top Defense aides on a luncheon cruise today, and Mrs. Kennedy gave them...
Jan 2, 2022
JFK Jr. Visits Grandfather at Hospital
Jan. 2, 1962 - One-year-old John F. Kennedy Jr. went to see his ailing grandfather in the hospital today for the first time. Mrs. Kennedy...
Jan 1, 2022
President Hails Roy Wilkins of NAACP
Jan. 1, 1962 - President Kennedy hailed Roy Wilkins (pictured center in 1959 with Martin Luther King Jr. and Thurgood Marshall) of the...
Jan 1, 2022
President's Father Shows Some Improvement
Jan. 1, 1962 - Joseph P. Kennedy, the President’s father, is beginning to spend part of each day out of bed. He sat in a wheelchair for...
Jan 1, 2022
Two-Part Episode on the Bay of Pigs invasion
🎙 On this date in 1959, Fidel Castro's revolutionary movement took power in Cuba as dictator Fulgencio Batista fled in panic. That and...
Jan 1, 2022
Are the Green Bay Packers a Dynasty?
Jan. 1, 1962 - Green Bay’s smashing triumph over the Giants in the NFL championship game on Sunday may have signaled the start of a long...
Dec 31, 2021
Lombardi Says Packers Greatest Team Ever; Many Giants Agree
Dec. 31, 1961 - What happened to the New York Giants today? They ran into “the greatest team in the history of the National Football...
Dec 31, 2021
🚨Packers Win First NFL Championship Since 1944
Dec. 31, 1961 - Breaking the game wide open with an explosive second-quarter attack that netted 3 touchdowns and a field goal, the Green...
Dec 31, 2021
South Vietnam To Use New Techniques to Attack Reds
Dec. 31, 1961 - Aided by a build-up in U.S. military support, South Vietnam is preparing a strong counter-offensive against Communist...
Dec 31, 2021
Kennedy and Khrushchev Exchange New Year's Greetings
Dec. 31, 1961 - President Kennedy and Premier Khrushchev, in an exchange of New Year’s greetings made public today, assured each other of...
Dec 30, 2021
G.I. Kidnapped in Vietnam is Still Alive
Dec. 30, 1961 - A United States Army specialist kidnapped by Communist guerrillas on Christmas Day is alive, reliable sources said today....
Dec 29, 2021
U.S. Military Personnel Told to Stay Within Saigon City Limits
Dec. 29, 1961 - American military personnel in South Vietnam were instructed today to stay within the Saigon (pictured) city limits....
Dec 29, 2021
UPI Names Paul Hornung NFL Player of the Year
Dec. 29, 1961 - Paul Hornung, the Green Bay Packers’ versatile halfback, today was named the NFL player of the year in the United Press...
Dec 29, 2021
Former First Lady Edith Wilson is Dead
Dec. 29, 1961 - Mrs. Edith Wilson (pictured in 1915), the former First Lady, died last night at the stately Washington townhouse that...
Dec 28, 2021
Coach Vince Lombardi Optimistic His Packers Can Beat Giants in Championship Game
Dec. 28, 1961 - Coach Vince Lombardi of the Green Bay Packers spoke out boldly today on Sunday’s championship game against the New York...
Dec 28, 2021
U.S. Army Sergeant Believed Kidnapped by Viet Cong
Dec. 28, 1961 - A United States Army sergeant is believed to have been kidnapped by the Viet Cong (pictured), as the Communist guerrillas...
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