1960s Timeline

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Mar 27, 2022

NYPD: Most Murders in 1961 Committed in Family Disputes

Mar. 27, 1962 - Most of the murders committed in New York City last year were not planned, nor were they associated with underworld...

Mar 6, 2022

NYPD Says Attacks on Policemen Increasing

Mar. 6, 1962 - New York Deputy Police Commissioner Walter Arm told an institute on police and community relations today that there had...

Feb 25, 2022

Massive Heroin Bust in the Bronx

Feb. 25, 1962 - New York City detectives and Federal narcotics agents seized pure heroin worth $20 million last night after subduing a...

Feb 7, 2022

Governor Rockefeller Spares Life of "Capeman" Killer Salvatore Agron

Feb. 7, 1962 - New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller today spared the life of 18-year-old Salvatore Agron (pictured in 1959), who had been...

Jan 31, 2022

D.A. Hogan Urges Governor Rockefeller to Stay Execution of "Capeman"

Jan. 31, 1962 - In an unexpected move, New York District Attorney Frank S. Hogan appealed to Governor Rockefeller today to spare the life...

Jan 28, 2022

Alvin "Creepy" Karpis Seeks Deportation Parole from Alcatraz

Jan. 28, 1962 - Alvin “Creepy” Karpis (pictured in 1936), once listed as United States Public Enemy No. 1, is seeking a deportation...

Jan 19, 2022

Two Frenchmen, Three others Held after Massive Heroin Bust in Brooklyn

Jan. 19, 1962 - Five persons were held today in $100,000 bail each as a result of a Brooklyn raid Thursday in which $3,500,000 worth of...

Jan 18, 2022

Narcotics Raiders Discover $3.5 Million Worth of Raw Heroin in Brooklyn Tenement

Jan. 18, 1962 - Raw heroin estimated to be worth $3,500,000 in the illicit market was found in the ceiling of a Brooklyn tenement today...

Jan 11, 2022

"Capeman" Salvatore Agron Set to Be Executed Feb. 15

Jan. 11, 1962 - The New York Court of Appeals today set Feb. 15 for the execution of Salvatore Agron, 18 years old, for the playground...

Oct 27, 2021

Federal Grand Jury Charges Five in Strip-Tease Conspiracy

Oct. 27, 1961 - A Federal grand jury charged the police chief of Newport, Ky., and five others today with having falsely conspired to...

Oct 18, 2021

Teenage Murderer Gets Seven and a Half Years

Oct. 18, 1961 - Luis Antonio Hernandez (pictured right), 18 years old, was sentenced today to serve seven and a half years in prison for...