Summations in Eichmann Trial Tomorrow, Former Nazi Likely to Face Death Penalty
Aug. 7, 1961 - Summations in the trial of Adolf Eichmann will begin tomorrow in Jerusalem. Attorney General Gideon Hausner will demand...
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Aug 6, 2021
Atom Bomb Dropped on Hiroshima 16 Years Ago Today
Aug. 6, 1961 - Just before dawn today, the priests and the people of Hiroshima (pictured in August, 1945) gathered to pray before the...
Aug 4, 2021
Britain's Queen Mother Elizabeth Has 61st Birthday
Aug. 4, 1961 - Britain's Queen Mother Elizabeth celebrated her 61st birthday today. The King's Troop of the Royal Horse Artillery fired a...
Jul 24, 2021
Eichmann Completes Testimony, Verdict Likely in November
July 24, 1961 - Adolf Eichmann completed his testimony today before an Israeli tribunal trying him on charges of having directed the...
Jul 23, 2021
Asks Khrushchev to Release WWII POW's
July 23, 1961 - West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer (pictured) appealed to Premier Khrushchev today to release Germans still held by...
Jul 22, 2021
McQueen to Star in World War II Picture "Hell Is for Heroes"
July 22, 1961 - Steve McQueen (pictured right with Nick Adams), who once served a stint in the U.S. Marine Corps, is currently filming...
Jul 22, 2021
Film: "The War Lover" with Steve McQueen
July 22, 1961 - Shirley Ann Field, who appeared in the British film "Saturday Night and Sunday Morning," will co-star with Steve McQueen...
Jul 20, 2021
President Kennedy Meets with General MacArthur at the White House
July 20, 1961 - General of the Army Douglas MacArthur returned to the White House for the first time in seven years. He said it was good...
Jul 20, 2021
First Castings for World War II Epic "The Longest Day"
July 20, 1961 - First castings have been announced for Darryl F. Zanuck's production of "The Longest Day," the Cornelius Ryan book on the...
Jul 18, 2021
Shocking Details on Himmler's Jewish Skull Collection Emerge at Eichmann Trial
July 18, 1961 - Adolf Eichmann admitted at his trial today that the supplying of 150 skeletons of Jews for the skull collection of...
Jul 10, 2021
Nazi Collaborator 'Axis Sally' Released from Federal Prison
July 10, 1961 - Mildred Gillars (pictured in 1949) was released from the Federal Reformatory for Women in Alderson, W. Va., today. The...
Jul 10, 2021
Israeli Prosecutor Ridicules Adolf Eichmann
July 10, 1961 - At the trial of Adolf Eichmann today, prosecutor Gideon Hausner employed heavy sarcasm, addressing the former Nazi...
Jul 7, 2021
Eichmann Cross-Examined in Jerusalem
July 7, 1961 - Adolf Eichmann, wilting under the first blast of cross-examination, admitted moral guilt today as an accomplice in the ...
Jul 7, 2021
General MacArthur Revisits Leyte Island
July 7, 1961 - General Douglas MacArthur (pictured in 1944) arrived today in triumph on Leyte Island where 16 years ago he waded ashore...
Jul 5, 2021
General MacArthur Criticizes Former President Truman on Korea
July 5, 1961 - General Douglas MacArthur told the Philippine Congress today that the United States' failure to see the Korean war ...
Jul 5, 2021
General MacArthur Returns to the Philippines
July 3, 1961 - General Douglas MacArthur returned today to the Philippines, a land he has long known and a people he loves. Nearly 2...
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