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Jun 27, 2022

Convicted Spy Soblen Goes Missing

June 27, 1962 - Dr. Robert A. Soblen, who was scheduled to surrender today to start a life sentence for spying for the Soviet Union in...

Jun 26, 2022

Two Americans Executed in Cuba

June 26, 1962 - Raul Castro (left), Cuba’s Armed Forces Minister, announced today the execution of two alleged U.S. agents captured in...

Jun 21, 2022

Secretary Rusk Views the Berlin Wall

June 21, 1962 - Secretary of State Dean Rusk got his first look today at the wall built in Berlin by the Communists and predicted it...

Jun 17, 2022

OAS Calls a Truce in Algeria

June 17, 1962 - The leaders of the European terrorists in Algeria proclaimed a new truce today. They ordered members of the Right-Wing...

Jun 16, 2022

Pat Summerall, Kicker for Giants, Retires

June 16, 1962 - Pat Summerall, the New York Giants’ place-kicking specialist for the past four NFL seasons, retired today to become a...

Jun 14, 2022

Today is Flag Day

June 14, 1962 - The national colors were flown today from office fronts and doorways in honor of Flag Day. It was the 185th anniversary...

Jun 14, 2022

Nuclear Test Set for Monday

June 14, 1962 - A high-altitude nuclear test in the Pacific area has been set for next Monday, the Atomic Energy Commission announced...

Jun 14, 2022

OAS Terrorists Arrested in France

June 14, 1962 - A group of heavily armed members of the Secret Army Organization (OAS) was arrested in France today by security police...

Jun 8, 2022

Gen. LeMay Addresses Students at Ohio State University

June 8, 1962 - Gen. Curtis LeMay, Air Force Chief of Staff, today told graduating students at Ohio State University that they had a...

Jun 7, 2022

Right-Wing OAS Resumes Terror Campaign in Algeria

June 7, 1962 - European extremists resumed a campaign of arson and bombing in the major cities of Algeria today on orders from the Secret...

Jun 6, 2022

Nixon to Face Governor Brown in California Gubernatorial Contest

June 6, 1962 - Richard M. Nixon became the Republican nominee for Governor of California today. He cleared the first hurdle on the...

Jun 1, 2022

New Biography of Senator Goldwater Published

June 1, 1962 - A new political biography of Senator Barry Goldwater, Arizona Republican, pictures him today as believing he would have a...

May 31, 2022

Pirates Top Cards, 5-4, as Bob Friend Excels

May 31, 1962 - Bob Friend (picturing signing an autograph in March), with ninth-inning relief from Elroy Face and Diomedes Olivo, beat...

May 31, 2022

Koufax Acclaims Mets Fans

May 31, 1962 - “That was the most exciting game I ever pitched in my life,” said Sandy Koufax today. This was a rather astonishing...

May 31, 2022

President Kennedy To Stay at Morton Downey's House This Summer

May 31, 1962 - President Kennedy will seek more privacy during his summer vacation this year by using the summer home of Morton Downey,...

May 31, 2022

Viet Cong Kidnap Three American Missionaries

May 31, 1962 - Communist guerrillas raided a leprosarium in the central highlands in South Vietnam last night and kidnapped three...

May 31, 2022

President Kennedy Announces Program to Fight Juvenile Delinquency

May 31, 1962 - President Kennedy announced today a $12.6 million mass social experiment on the Lower East Side of New York. It is part of...

May 30, 2022

Mets Drop Doubleheader to Dodgers in Jam-Packed Polo Grounds

May 30, 1962 - The creaking old Polo Grounds rocked today with the cheers of the largest baseball crowd it has housed in 20 years....

May 30, 2022

Yanks Split Doubleheader with Twins

May 30, 1962 - The Yankees battled the Twins in a round-the-clock, morning-and-night marathon before a total of 75,355 fans today in...

May 30, 2022

Rep. Lindsay Meets Constituents in Yorkville

May 30, 1962 - Memorial Day was a day off in Congress, but not for Representative John V. Lindsay (pictured with his wife Mary),...