🚨Agreement Reached on Nuclear Test Ban
July 25, 1963 - The United States, the Soviet Union, and Britain concluded today a treaty to prohibit nuclear testing in the atmosphere,...
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Jun 28, 2023
Khrushchev Draw Middling Crowds in East Berlin
June 28, 1963 - Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev rode through East Berlin today in a “friendship visit” that drew a considerably milder...
Jun 12, 2023
Izvestia Publishes JFK Speech for Soviet Citizenry
June 12, 1963 - Izvestia, the national newspaper of the Soviet Union, published today the text of President Kennedy’s speech Monday in...
May 23, 2023
Khrushchev Warns U.S. on Cuba
May 23, 1963 - Premier Khrushchev warned today that any blockade of Cuba or attack against the island nation would provoke a crisis...
May 22, 2023
JFK Hits Back at GOP
May 22, 1963 - President Kennedy charged today that the Republicans “know it is untrue” when they raise the possibility that he plans to...
Apr 29, 2023
Castro Receives Ovation at Moscow’s Bolshoi Theatre
Apr. 29, 1963 - Fidel Castro, sporing his khaki forage cap, combat jacket, and crumpled fatigues, received a two-minute ovation from the...
Apr 29, 2023
East Germans Concerned Over Rise in Escapes
Apr. 29, 1963 - East German officials expressed concern today over the increasing number of attempts to escape to the West after four...
Apr 28, 2023
Castro Pledges Allegiance to Soviet Union
Apr. 28, 1963 - Premier Fidel Castro declared today that his regime owed its life to the Soviet Union. Standing beside Premier Khrushchev...
Mar 23, 2023
Defense Department Prepares To Deploy Intercontinental Missiles
Mar. 23, 1963 - Without fanfare, in fact with as much secrecy as possible, the Defense Department is preparing to deploy at U.S. bases 54...
Dec 12, 2022
JFK Hits Boycotts of Merchants Selling Red Imports
Dec. 12, 1962 - President Kennedy today criticized boycotts against American merchants selling Iron Curtain imports as ineffective as an...
Dec 12, 2022
Khrushchev Hits Communist China
Dec. 12, 1962 - Premier Khrushchev declared today the Soviet Union would resist the pressure of “dogmatists” within the Communist world...
Dec 3, 2022
Dec. 3, 1962 - JFK Award Presentation to Dr. Edward Teller
Dec. 3, 1962 - Here are President Kennedy's remarks today at the presentation of the 1962 Enrico Fermi Award to Dr. Edward Teller. In his...
Nov 7, 2022
Khrushchev: Soviet Rockets Are Out of Cuba
Nov. 7, 1962 - Premier Khrushchev (pictured today with Marshal Rodion Malinovsky) declared today that the Soviet Union had taken its...
Oct 31, 2022
Castro Continues Guantanamo Demands
Oct. 31, 1962 - U Thant and a somber group of his top assistants returned tonight from two days of negotiations with Fidel Castro in...
Oct 31, 2022
Khrushchev’s Control Could Be Slipping
Oct. 31, 1962 - Qualified sources suggested today that Premier Khrushchev’s control of the Soviet Government was entering a period of...
Oct 30, 2022
U.S. Temporarily Suspends Surveillance of Cuba
Oct. 30, 1962 - The U.S. temporarily suspended its aerial surveillance of Cuba today amid reports that the Soviet Union had halted work...
Oct 29, 2022
Kennedy Administration Considered and Rejected Surprise Attack on Cuba
Oct. 29, 1962 - President Kennedy (pictured with Gen. Curtis LeMay) and his advisers gave long and serious thought to ordering a surprise...
Oct 29, 2022
Europe Hails JFK on Cuban Victory
Oct. 29, 1962 - Western Europe hailed today the Soviet Union’s retreat in the Cuban crisis as a stunning victory for the U.S. President...
Oct 28, 2022
Attorney General Links Cuban Crisis to Racial Turmoil
Oct. 28, 1962 - Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy said tonight that the tensions between the U.S. and Soviet Union over Cuba were linked...
Oct 28, 2022
McNamara Finally Goes Home after Sleeping at Pentagon for a Week
Oct. 28, 1962 - Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara (left) left the Pentagon tonight to go home and sleep in his own bed for the...
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