1960s Timeline

July 18, 1962 - The Peruvian armed forces overthrew and imprisoned President Manuel Prado y Ugarteche today in a coup d’état. A military...

July 17, 1962 - Four “gifts” that Theodore Roosevelt wished Santa Claus to bestow upon the U.S. were described in a letter acquired by...

July 16, 1962 - Premier Khrushchev told a group of U.S. newspaper editors today that the Soviet Union has an anti-missile missile that...

July 9, 1962 - The United States set off a thermonuclear explosion high over Johnston Island in the Pacific early today. It released a...

July 6, 1962 - The mightiest nuclear blast within the U.S. and the first known detonation of any hydrogen type of explosive in this...

July 5, 1962 - The Administration announced today that a small nuclear explosion would be conducted in the atmosphere this weekend at the...

July 5, 1962 - Roger Degueldre (pictured), 37-year-old commando leader of the Right-wing extremist Secret Army Organization (OAS), was...

July 5, 1962 - Premier Khrushchev said today that the Soviet Union had no alternative but “to strengthen in every way” the power of its...

July 4, 1962 - The Cuban Air Ministry charged today that two U.S. planes flew over Cuba yesterday. This was the 13th such intrusion...

July 2, 1962 - Raul Castro (left), Cuban Minister of the Armed Forces, arrived in Moscow today, the Soviet press agency Tass reported....

July 1, 1962 - Cuba accused the U.S. today of systematic violation of her airspace and listed nine “spy flights” by U.S. Navy jets in the...

July 1, 1962 - Dr. Robert A. Soblen slashed his left wrist and stabbed himself in the abdomen with a dinner knife he had confiscated...

June 30, 1962 - The Cleveland Browns have been the most active in making player trades in the NFL for the coming season. They have...

June 30, 1962 - Former President Eisenhower said today that the Republicans were the party of business and that he was “proud of the...

June 30, 1962 - Dr. Robert Soblen (left), convicted wartime spy for the Soviet Union, was authoritatively reported to have been expelled...

June 29, 1962 - Sir Winston Churchill (pictured arriving in London early this morning) underwent a successful operation today to mend his...

June 29, 1962 - Eight thousand supporters of the Christian Anti-Communism Crusade rallied in Madison Square Garden last night as two...

June 29, 1962 - The Israeli Government is determined to deport Dr. Robert A. Soblen as quickly as possible to the U.S., a highly placed...

June 28, 1962 - Sir Winston Churchill (pictured in December 1941) broke his left thigh this morning when he slipped and fell while...

June 28, 1962 - Dr. Robert A. Soblen (pictured left following his arrest in November 1960), who was due to surrender in New York today to...