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...
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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),...
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