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Sep 29, 2023

Rockefeller Visits East Berlin

Sept. 29, 1963 - Governor Nelson Rockefeller (R-N.Y.) had to tell the East German Communists today how much money he had in his wallet. A...

Jul 24, 2023

Nixon Makes Surprise Visit to East Berlin

July 24, 1963 - Richard M. Nixon made a surprise two-hour trip into East Berlin tonight. It was the second trip of the day into the...

Jun 26, 2023

President Kennedy Gets Raucous Reception in West Berlin

June 26, 1963 - President Kennedy saw the miracle and the tragedy of West Berlin today as the city turned out to greet him and applaud...

Jun 26, 2023

JFK: Proud To Be “A Berliner”

June 26, 1963 - President Kennedy, inspired by a tumultuous welcome from more than a million of the inhabitants of the isolated and...

Sep 18, 2022

29 Escape East Berlin Through Tunnel

Sept. 18, 1962 - The West Berlin city government disclosed today that 29 East German men, women, and children escaped to West Berlin...

Aug 20, 2022

More Rioting In West Berlin

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, 2022

West Berliners Stone Soviet Troop Bus

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, 2022

18-Year-Old Bricklayer Shot, Left to Die by East German Border Guards

Aug. 17, 1962 - East German border guards today shot Peter Fechter (pictured), an 18-year-old bricklayer, as he was fleeing to West...

Aug 13, 2022

First Anniversary of Berlin Wall Observed Here

Aug. 13, 1962 - A special recorded program marking the first anniversary of the building of the Berlin wall was broadcast at noon today...

Aug 13, 2022

Riot in West Berlin on Anniversary of Wall

Aug. 13, 1962 - The pent-up wrath of West Berliners erupted today along the Communist barrier that cut Berlin in two last year. Marchers...

May 8, 2022

West Berliners Cheer Gen. Lucius D. Clay

May 8, 1962 - Hundreds of West Berliners cheered and waved to Gen. Lucius D. Clay (pictured with Mayor Willy Brandt), President Kennedy’s...

Apr 18, 2022

East German Man Killed Trying to Escape to West Berlin; Two Companions Survive

Apr. 18, 1962 - An East German, mortally wounded by Communist gunfire, drove a three-ton dump truck through the Berlin wall today at a...

Dec 25, 2021

East German Border Guards Arrest Three for Waving at Relatives

Dec. 25, 1961 - Communist border guards arrested three East Berliners today who waved at relatives in the West across the wall dividing...

Oct 10, 2021

Fifty Thousand Soviet Troops Enter Communist East Germany

Oct. 10, 1961 - Fifty thousand Soviet combat troops and ten thousand Polish troops have arrived in Communist East Germany to take part in...

Sep 27, 2021

Berlin Wall Documentary (Video)

Sept. 27, 1961 - Here is a documentary on the Berlin Wall, the construction of which began August 13. #communism #communist #coldwar...

Sep 24, 2021

Robert Kennedy says President Would Use Nuclear Weapons if Necessary

Sept. 24, 1961 - Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy said today that there "is no question" that his brother, President Kennedy, would...

Sep 21, 2021

Ed Sullivan to Tape TV Show in West Berlin for CBS

Sept. 21, 1961 - Connie Francis (pictured), Louis Armstrong, Sid Caesar, and the comedy team of Rowan and Martin are among the performers...

Sep 16, 2021

Refugee from East Berlin Her Gets Dog Back

Sept. 16, 1961 - It is not only humans who are bothered by the Communist wall across Berlin - dogs are affected as well. A fox terrier...

Sep 13, 2021

Comedian Dick Gregory at NYC's Blue Angel

Sept. 13, 1961 - Dick Gregory, who won quick fame last spring as the first Negro comic to succeed in metropolitan cabarets, is back at...

Sep 9, 2021

U.S. to Send 40,000 Additional Army Troops to Europe

Sept. 9, 1961 - The United States will send about 40,000 Army troops to Europe "in the immediate future" to strengthen combat and support...