1960s Timeline
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TV: Guerrilla-Warfare Techniques Highlighted on CBS


Kennedy Opposed to Ground Troops in Vietnam


Stalin's Body Removed from Lenin Mausoleum


Government on the Offensive in South Vietnam


Former President and Mrs. Truman Arrive in Capital

What if a 50-Megaton Bomb Exploded Over Manhattan?

Khrushchev Warns Britain on Nuclear War


White House: U.S. Nuclear Arsenal Superior to Any Nation


Vatican Condemns Soviet Explosion as “True Face” of Communism

Nixon Won’t Run for President in ’64, Will Support “Strongest Candidate”

🚨Soviets Detonate Most Powerful Explosion in History

Johnson: We Mustn't Let Communists Destroy Us from Within


President Kennedy Attends Road-Opening Ceremony in Oklahoma


U.S. Military Advisor in South Vietnam Shot by Communist Sniper


Secretary Connally May Run for Governor of Texas


Khrushchev Favors Memorial to Stalin’s Victims

Report: Guevara’s Power Reduced in Cuba


President Kennedy Issues 1961 Thanksgiving Proclamation


U.S. and Soviet Tanks Pull Back from Berlin Dividing Line


1960 Republican Delegates Prefer Goldwater for 1964