1960s Timeline

Sept. 29, 1962 - A talkative, obviously pleased Richard M. Nixon completed the first televised question program of his campaign for...

Sept. 26, 1962 - The Soviet Communist party called today for a more effective campaign against religion. An editorial in Pravda, the...

Sept. 22, 1962 - Blas Roca (pictured to Fidel Castro’s left), one of Cuba’s top Communist leaders, was quoted today by the Havana radio...

Sept. 18, 1962 - The West Berlin city government disclosed today that 29 East German men, women, and children escaped to West Berlin...

Sept. 16, 1962 - As the California gubernatorial campaign between the Democrat incumbent, Edmund G. Brown (left), and the Republican...

Sept. 13, 1962 - Richard M. Nixon called today for a “three-pronged anti-subversive program that would make California a shining example...

Sept. 12, 1962 - Richard M. Nixon opened his big drive for the California governorship today by stressing communism, a subject that...

Sept. 12, 1962 - A Cuban Air Force pilot instructor, who defected last week in a Czechoslovakian-built training plane, reported today...

Sept. 11, 1962 - Premier Fidel Castro declared today that Congressional demands for energetic U.S. action against his regime were proof...

Sept. 11, 1962 - Dr. Robert Soblen died this morning in Hillingdon Hospital near London from effects of the overdose of drugs he took...

Sept. 8, 1962 - Former President Harry S. Truman (pictured in 1953) declared tonight that the country was “now paying the penalty for...

Sept. 8, 1962 - The presence of Soviet military advisers and personnel in the vicinity of the U.S. Naval base of Guantanamo, on Cuba’s...

Sept. 6, 1962 - Moscow television tonight took the unusual step of presenting a documentary film that showed New York City and its tall...

Sept. 6, 1962 - Dr. Robert Soblen (pictured left last year) swallowed an overdose of barbiturates today and was taken unconscious to a...

Sept. 5, 1962 - A high defense official declared today that “there is no doubt that either the U.S. or the Soviet Union can now place...

Sept. 5, 1962 - Dr. Robert Soblen’s struggle to avoid imprisonment ended today when the British Home Secretary refused to change the...

Sept. 2, 1962 - The Soviet Union announced today that it had agreed to supply arms to Cuba and to provide technical specialists to train...

Sept. 2, 1962 - Sir Oswald Mosley (center), former member of Parliament and founder of the British Union of Fascists, was kicked and...

Sept. 1, 1962 - The Government said today that increased radiation in space caused by the United States’ July 9 high-altitude nuclear...

Aug. 29, 1962 - President de Gaulle authorized today increased measures to protect himself from assassination. He also promised action to...