1960s Timeline

U.S. Battle Group Crosses Into Communist Territory on Way to West Berlin

Mercury-Atlas 4, Carrying Robot, Set to Launch into Orbit this Week

Johnson Pledges Loyalty to People of West Berlin

Johnson Flies to West Berlin to Reassure Germans Amidst Crisis

After Orbital Flight, NASA to Move from Project Mercury to Apollo

Kennedy Orders Battle Group of 1,500 to West Berlin

South Vietnamese Army Kills over 100 Viet Cong near Saigon

West Berlin Mayor Wants "Words Not Action" from Kennedy

Western Allies Send Formal Protest of Berlin Border Closure to Soviets

Big Jump in Military Enlistments and Applications in U.S.

In Berlin, U.S. Troops Stage Simulated Battle 200 Yards from Soviet Zone

🚨Two Soviet Divisions Ring Berlin in Support of Border Closure as Tensions Rise

East Germany Accuses West of "Perfidious Agitation"

🚨East Germany Closes Border Between East and West Berlin

South Vietnamese Troops Disrupt "Ho Chi Minh Trail" in Laos

NASA Deemed Sluggish Out of the Gate in All-Out Race to Moon

U.S Commander in Berlin not Worried about Defending Allied Sector

Soviets Tap Marshal Ivan S. Konev as Commander of Soviet Troops in East Germany

Herbert Hoover 87 Today, Confident in America's Future

Khrushchev Warns of "Mega-Bomb"