1960s Timeline

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Sep 1, 2022

Mike Wallace’s Son Dies in Greece

Sept. 1, 1962 - Peter Wallace, the 19-year-old son of television commentator Mike Wallace, was found dead yesterday in a ravine south of...

Jul 12, 2022

Former Governor Blair Felled by Monoxide Fumes

July 12, 1962 - Former Governor James T. Blair and his wife, Emilie, were found dead in their home today, the victims of carbon monoxide...

Jan 31, 2022

Two Flying Wallendas Killed During Michigan Show

Jan. 31, 1962 - Two members of the Flying Wallendas circus high-wire act lost their lives last night in a fall as the troupe performed at...

Jan 30, 2022

Artworks Collected by Governor Rockefeller's Son En Route to New York

Jan. 30, 1962 - Objects of primitive art collected by Michael Rockefeller (pictured center) before he was lost off the southern coast of...

Jan 13, 2022

Comedian Ernie Kovacs Dead in Car Crash

Jan. 13, 1962 - Ernie Kovacs, comedian of the theatre, screen, and television, was killed today in a traffic accident. He would have been...

Oct 31, 2021

What if a 50-Megaton Bomb Exploded Over Manhattan?

Oct. 31, 1961 - If exploded in the air over downtown Manhattan, a 50-megaton bomb would destroy homes as far away as Passaic, N.J. and...

Jul 18, 2021

Wife of State Dept. Chief of Protocol Killed in Plane Crash

July 18, 1961 - Mrs. Angier Biddle Duke (pictured left, holding her daughter Maria-Luisa in 1955), wife of the State Department's Chief...

Jul 6, 2021

Ernest Hemingway Buried

July 6, 1961 - Ernest Hemingway (pictured in 1939) was buried today in the soil of the Western mountains he loved near the home where he...

Jul 5, 2021

Hemingway Family Gathers for Funeral

July 5, 1961 - The family of Ernest Hemingway (pictured with his father in 1928) was reunited today for the author's funeral tomorrow. ...

Jul 5, 2021

Matador Antonio Ordóñez Gives Public Tribute to Hemingway

July 4, 1961 - Antonio Ordóñez (pictured left in 1959 with Ernest Hemingway) killed two bulls in Jerez De La Frontera, Spain, today in ...

Jul 5, 2021

Novelist Louis-Ferdinand Céline Dead at 67

July 4, 1961 - Louis-Ferdinand Céline (pictured in 1932), French novelist, whose final years were clouded by wartime collaboration and ...

Jul 5, 2021

Madrid Mourns "Don Ernesto" Hemingway

July 3, 1961 - The death of Ernest Hemingway (pictured in 1959) brought tears, shock, and mourning to Madrid today. In the city's cafés ...

Jul 5, 2021

No Inquest in Hemingway Shotgun Death

July 3, 1961 - There will be no inquest in the shotgun death of Ernest Hemingway (pictured in 1952), authorities in Blaine County,...

Jul 5, 2021

President Kennedy Mourns Hemingway

July 2, 1961 - President Kennedy mourned today the death of Ernest Hemingway, whom he called one of America's greatest authors and "one...

Jul 5, 2021

🚨Ernest Hemingway Dead at 61

July 2, 1961 - Ernest Hemingway was found dead this morning of a shotgun wound to the head at his home in Ketchum, Idaho. The Nobel and...