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Aug 24, 2022

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....

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...