U.S. Officials: Soviet Personnel and Equipment Pouring into Cuba
Aug. 24, 1962 - U.S. officials said today that Soviet equipment and technical personnel, military and civilian, were pouring into Cuba....
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Aug 22, 2022
De Gaulle Survives Assassination Attempt
Aug. 22, 1962 - President de Gaulle emerged unscathed tonight from a hail of submachine-gun bullets fired at his car (pictured) in a...
Aug 22, 2022
Khrushchev Says U.S. in "Lethargic Sleep"
Aug. 22, 1962 - Premier Khrushchev asserted today that the U.S. was “in a state of lethargic sleep.” The Russian leader made this remark...
Aug 20, 2022
Soviet Personnel Continue to Arrive in Cuba
Aug. 20, 1962 - The arrival in Cuba during the last week of July of 15 Soviet ships, including 5 passenger vessels, was reported today by...
Aug 20, 2022
More Rioting In West Berlin
Aug. 20, 1962 - Angry mobs of West Berliners stoned and pursued Soviet Army vehicles today and clashed with the West Berlin police in...
Aug 19, 2022
West Berliners Stone Soviet Troop Bus
Aug. 19, 1962 - A Soviet troop bus was stoned by a screaming crowd of West Berliners today. The incident was a new manifestation of anger...
Aug 17, 2022
18-Year-Old Bricklayer Shot, Left to Die by East German Border Guards
Aug. 17, 1962 - East German border guards today shot Peter Fechter (pictured), an 18-year-old bricklayer, as he was fleeing to West...
Aug 16, 2022
General MacArthur Goes to Washington
Aug. 16, 1962 - General Douglas MacArthur came to Capitol Hill today to receive the thanks of Congress for his countless exploits. With...
Aug 13, 2022
Riot in West Berlin on Anniversary of Wall
Aug. 13, 1962 - The pent-up wrath of West Berliners erupted today along the Communist barrier that cut Berlin in two last year. Marchers...
Aug 8, 2022
U.S. Monitoring Situation in Cuba
Aug. 8, 1962 - United States officials said today that they had no information that Soviet soldiers had been landing in Cuba. Experts in...
Aug 7, 2022
Thousands of Soviet Personnel Arriving in Cuba
Aug. 7, 1962 - A Spanish-language broadcast by a Miami radio station WMIE said today that more than 4,000 Soviet soldiers have been...
Aug 5, 2022
General Walker Calls WWII Siege of Stalingrad a “Farce”
Aug. 5, 1962 - Former Major General Edwin A. Walker said in an interview in today’s Dallas Morning News that the siege of Stalingrad...
Aug 5, 2022
Soviets Resume Nuclear Tests
Aug. 5, 1962 - The Soviet Union resumed its nuclear tests in the atmosphere early today with a powerful high-altitude blast believed to...
Jul 27, 2022
Eisenhower Regrets Not Helping Nixon Win in 1960
July 27, 1962 - Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower said today that his worst mistake as President was that he did not do more to get Richard M....
Jul 26, 2022
Castro Says U.S. Preparing to Attack Cuba
July 26, 1962 - Premier Fidel Castro said at a rally in Santiago today that the U.S. is preparing direct armed aggression against Cuba....
Jul 23, 2022
Telstar Images Pristine
July 23, 1962 - The program beamed from America to Europe today by way of the Telstar satellite came through almost perfectly on British...
Jul 23, 2022
Former President Eisenhower Revisits Normandy
July 23, 1962 - Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower (pictured on June 5, 1944) and his grandchildren viewed the Normandy battlefield and some of...
Jul 23, 2022
Laos’s Neutral Status Codified at Geneva Conference
July 23, 1962 - In a casual 25-minute ceremony today in Geneva, representatives of 14 countries signed agreements guaranteeing the...
Jul 21, 2022
Soviet Union Tightens Links with Cuba
July 21, 1962 - The Soviet Union has been tightening communications and air transport links with Cuba this week while focusing a...
Jul 21, 2022
Nasser Threatens Israel
July 21, 1962 - President Gamal Abdel Nasser watched the armed forces of the United Arab Republic fire four rockets from the desert west...
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