1960s Timeline

Aug. 24, 1962 - U.S. officials said today that Soviet equipment and technical personnel, military and civilian, were pouring into Cuba....

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, 1962 - Premier Khrushchev asserted today that the U.S. was “in a state of lethargic sleep.” The Russian leader made this remark...

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, 1962 - Angry mobs of West Berliners stoned and pursued Soviet Army vehicles today and clashed with the West Berlin police in...

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, 1962 - East German border guards today shot Peter Fechter (pictured), an 18-year-old bricklayer, as he was fleeing to West...

Aug. 16, 1962 - General Douglas MacArthur came to Capitol Hill today to receive the thanks of Congress for his countless exploits. With...

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, 1962 - United States officials said today that they had no information that Soviet soldiers had been landing in Cuba. Experts in...

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, 1962 - Former Major General Edwin A. Walker said in an interview in today’s Dallas Morning News that the siege of Stalingrad...

Aug. 5, 1962 - The Soviet Union resumed its nuclear tests in the atmosphere early today with a powerful high-altitude blast believed to...

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....

July 26, 1962 - Premier Fidel Castro said at a rally in Santiago today that the U.S. is preparing direct armed aggression against Cuba....

July 23, 1962 - The program beamed from America to Europe today by way of the Telstar satellite came through almost perfectly on British...

July 23, 1962 - Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower (pictured on June 5, 1944) and his grandchildren viewed the Normandy battlefield and some of...

July 23, 1962 - In a casual 25-minute ceremony today in Geneva, representatives of 14 countries signed agreements guaranteeing the...

July 21, 1962 - The Soviet Union has been tightening communications and air transport links with Cuba this week while focusing a...

July 21, 1962 - President Gamal Abdel Nasser watched the armed forces of the United Arab Republic fire four rockets from the desert west...