1960s Timeline

Mar. 31, 1964 - Ernesto (Che) Guevara, Minister of Industry in Cuba, welcomed today a declaration last week by U.S. Senator J.W....

Nov. 27, 1963 - Premier Fidel Castro of Cuba said tonight that the Dallas nightclub operator Jack Ruby probably killed Lee Harvey Oswald...

Nov. 25, 1963 - Ernesto “Che” Guevara says that with the new Administration in Washington, Cuba would have to be “alert as always and...

Nov. 23, 1963 - Premier Fidel Castro, voicing disapproval of President Kennedy’s assassination, told Cuba tonight that the late President...

Sept. 12, 1963 - Following are highlights of President Kennedy’s news conference today: Test ban: He urged the Senate to give the “widest...

July 28, 1963 - Eight anti-Castro demonstrators ran out on the field at Yankee Stadium today and wrapped a Cuban flag around the...

July 16, 1963 - Premier Fidel Castro declared himself a supporter of peaceful coexistence at a French Embassy reception last night. This...

May 22, 1963 - Following are the highlights of President Kennedy’s news conference today: Alabama — The President said he hoped the...

May 22, 1963 - President Kennedy charged today that the Republicans “know it is untrue” when they raise the possibility that he plans to...

Apr. 27, 1963 - Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower said yesterday that only a “genius and prophet” could have known for sure that...

Apr. 26, 1963 - Premier Fidel Castro of Cuba arrived in the Soviet Union early today on Premier Khrushchev’s personal invitation. Tass,...

Apr. 25, 1963 - Senator Barry Goldwater (R-Ariz.), in reply to a challenge from President Kennedy, said today he was not afraid of going...

Apr. 24, 1963 - Replying at his news conference to a speech last Saturday by former Vice President Richard M. Nixon, President Kennedy...

Apr. 20, 1963 - Premier Fidel Castro said today the U.S. had abandoned plans for a second invasion of Cuba in favor of a plot to...

Apr. 10, 1963 - New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller today assailed the Kennedy Administration for “holding back” Cuban exile raiders. He...

Apr. 7, 1963 - Sen. Barry Goldwater (R-Ariz.) said today the U.S. should couple an economic blockade of Cuba with support for an exile...

Mar. 21, 1963 - Premier Fidel Castro (pictured right in 1960) said in an interview published in Paris today that if Premier Khrushchev...

Mar. 11, 1963 - The Chicago Sun-Times said today most of the American pilots who volunteered for the Cuban Bay of Pigs invasion in 1961...

Mar. 11, 1963 - Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara, declaring the U.S. has not written off Cuba, indicated today this country might...

Feb. 15, 1963 - Congressman Gerald R. Ford (pictured third from right), chairman of the House GOP caucus, said today the U.S. should...