1960s Timeline

July 25, 1963 - The United States, the Soviet Union, and Britain concluded today a treaty to prohibit nuclear testing in the atmosphere,...

June 28, 1963 - Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev rode through East Berlin today in a “friendship visit” that drew a considerably milder...

June 12, 1963 - Izvestia, the national newspaper of the Soviet Union, published today the text of President Kennedy’s speech Monday in...

May 23, 1963 - Premier Khrushchev warned today that any blockade of Cuba or attack against the island nation would provoke a crisis...

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, 1963 - Fidel Castro, sporing his khaki forage cap, combat jacket, and crumpled fatigues, received a two-minute ovation from the...

Apr. 29, 1963 - East German officials expressed concern today over the increasing number of attempts to escape to the West after four...

Apr. 28, 1963 - Premier Fidel Castro declared today that his regime owed its life to the Soviet Union. Standing beside Premier Khrushchev...

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, 1962 - President Kennedy today criticized boycotts against American merchants selling Iron Curtain imports as ineffective as an...

Dec. 12, 1962 - Premier Khrushchev declared today the Soviet Union would resist the pressure of “dogmatists” within the Communist world...

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, 1962 - Premier Khrushchev (pictured today with Marshal Rodion Malinovsky) declared today that the Soviet Union had taken its...

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, 1962 - Qualified sources suggested today that Premier Khrushchev’s control of the Soviet Government was entering a period of...

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, 1962 - President Kennedy (pictured with Gen. Curtis LeMay) and his advisers gave long and serious thought to ordering a surprise...

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, 1962 - Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy said tonight that the tensions between the U.S. and Soviet Union over Cuba were linked...

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...