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Jun 22, 2023

AR-15 May Replace M-14

June 22, 1963 - The AR-15 rifle (pictured) may ultimately replace the M-14 as the standard Army rifle before the M-14 itself ever becomes...

Jan 29, 2023

L.A. Police Investigator: Children Can Buy Mail-Order Guns

Jan. 29, 1963 - A Los Angeles police investigator said today that any child could get a mail-order gun “as long as he has a piggy bank,...

Mar 28, 2022

NYPD Confiscates Toy Guns That Look Too Real

Mar. 28, 1962 - New York police detectives will mosey up to toy gun counters during the next few weeks and figuratively give the order to...

Jan 2, 2022

Kurt Seligmann, Surrealist Painter, Accidentally Kills Himself

Jan. 2, 1962 - Kurt Seligmann (pictured in 1946), 61-year-old artist, author, and costume designer, killed himself accidentally today...

Aug 1, 2021

Hemingway Death Certificate Doesn't Specify Whether a Suicide or Not

Aug. 1, 1961 - The death certificate concerning Ernest Hemingway (pictured in 1935) was filed in Ketchum, Idaho today. It said the author...

Jul 5, 2021

NYC Grocer Charles DiMaggio Battles Criminals

July 5, 1961 - When a hold-up man comes into Charles DiMaggio's grocery on New York's Lexington Avenue and points a gun in his face, Mr. ...

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

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...