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Oct 6, 2021

President Kennedy Meets Greek Patriarch, Archbishop

Oct. 6, 1961 - President Kennedy was presented with the Grand Cross and Insignia of the Order of the Holy Sephulcre today. He also...

Oct 5, 2021

Two Men Indicted for Attack on Brooklyn Racketeer Lawrence Gallo

Oct. 5, 1961 - Two men linked to Brooklyn's underworld were indicted today on charges of attempting to kill Lawrence Gallo, a 33-year-old...

Oct 4, 2021

President Kennedy Establishes Woodrow Wilson Memorial Commission

Oct. 4, 1961 - President Kennedy signed a bill today establishing a Woodrow Wilson Memorial Commission. He gave the first pen he used to...

Oct 2, 2021

U.S. to Help South Vietnam Defend Fight Reds

Oct. 2, 1961 - The United States announced today that it was taking urgent measures to help South Vietnam combat an increase in Communist...

Oct 1, 2021

South Vietnam President Diem: We're at War

Oct. 1, 1961 - South Vietnam's struggle against armed Communist insurgents has grown from guerrilla action to "real war" in the last...

Sep 30, 2021

TV: "Gunsmoke" Season Premiere, 10 p.m. on CBS

Sept. 30, 1961 - The seventh season of "Gunsmoke" premieres tonight in its new hour-long format. Ex-con Perce McCall (Ed Nelson) helps...

Sep 30, 2021

The First Lady Plays Golf in Newport

Sept. 30, 1961 - Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy played five holes of golf today in Newport, R.I. President and Mrs. Kennedy are vacationing at...

Sep 30, 2021

Hoover Says American Reds Moving Underground

Sept. 30, 1961 - The American Communist party is moving farther underground in order to resist the Supreme Court's ruling that the party...

Sep 30, 2021

Nixon: I'm Not Afraid of JFK

Sept. 30, 1961 - Richard M. Nixon moved today to take himself completely out of the Presidential picture in 1964, even by way of a draft...

Sep 29, 2021

Castro Shuts Down Last Havana Casino

Sept. 29, 1961 - The last of Havana's gambling casinos closed quietly today, minutes after Premier Fidel Castro had announced that his...

Sep 29, 2021

Fear of Nuclear Radioactivity Increasing in U.S.

Sept. 29, 1961 - An American Medical Association publication came up today with a new phobia: "nucleomitophobia," or fear of atomic...

Sep 28, 2021

TV: Series Premiere of "Dr. Kildare" on NBC

Sept. 28, 1961 - The series premiere of the medical drama "Dr. Kildare" will air at 8:30 p.m. tonight on NBC-TV. Like the earlier Kildare...

Sep 28, 2021

TV: Arness of Gunsmoke to Host CBS Special

Sept. 28, 1961 - James Arness will check his guns, doff his United States marshal's badge, and turn television host for an hour-long...

Sep 28, 2021

Chrysler Rolls Out Sports Car Models for '62

Sept. 28, 1961 - The popular sports-car theme is receiving full play from the Chrysler Corporation, which has added a 2-door hardtop to...

Sep 28, 2021

CIA Official Details Communist Subversion Tactics

Sept. 28, 1961 - An official of the Central Intelligence Agency has testified that fomenting riots, infiltrating police forces, and...

Sep 27, 2021

Dodge Rolls out the Polara Sports Car for '62

Sept. 27, 1961 - The Polara is Dodge's entry in the medium-priced sports-car field for 1962. It has a 305-horsepower V-8 engine. The...

Sep 27, 2021

TV: "The Joey Bishop Show," 8:30 p.m. on NBC

Sept. 27, 1961 - Tonight on "The Joey Bishop Show," Joey expects to be doing publicity work for Marilyn Monroe, but his new client is a...