Board of Inquiry Examines Powers U-2 Case
Feb. 21, 1962 - A special board of inquiry headed by E. Barrett Prettyman, a former Federal judge, is seeking to determine whether...
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Feb 20, 2022
VIDEO: ABC-TV News Capsule
Feb. 20, 1962 - Here is an evening news capsule from ABC-TV. #news #history #1960s #historyinpictures #historylover #historybuff...
Feb 20, 2022
Letters Reveal George Washington's Views of Manhood
Feb. 20, 1962 - The role of “father” played by the childless George Washington before he assumed the larger role of Father of his Country...
Feb 16, 2022
Nixon Warns Kennedys to Keep Out of California Campaign
Feb. 16, 1962 - Richard M. Nixon warned the Kennedys today to keep their hands off the California Gubernatorial election. Mr. Nixon, one...
Feb 15, 2022
TV: Ike Appraises World Figure During CBS Interview with Walter Cronkite
Feb. 15, 1962 - Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower (pictured right in November 1944) last night gave a TV audience thumbnail...
Feb 14, 2022
Nationalist Chinese General Hu Tsung-Nan Dead at 62
Feb. 14, 1962 - General Hu Tsung-Nan (pictured in 1936), who wanted to throw his 250,000 troops against the Chinese Communists during...
Feb 14, 2022
Nixon Campaigns in Mariposa
Feb. 14, 1962 - Richard M. Nixon carried his campaign for the Governorship of California to Mariposa today. The former Vice President...
Feb 14, 2022
Governor Rockefeller Talks Impending Divorce
Feb. 14, 1962 - New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller said today that the question of whether his pending divorce would be a political...
Feb 14, 2022
General Henry I. Hodes Dead at 62, Combat Commander in WWII and Korea
Feb. 14, 1962 - General Henry Irving Hodes (pictured center in Korea in 1951), a combat commander in World War II and the Korean...
Feb 11, 2022
TV: CBS Special | "Thunder on the Right"
Feb. 11, 1962 - The various shades of conservative opinion will be reviewed by CBS on Thursday, Feb. 22, at 10 p.m. The hour-long show,...
Feb 11, 2022
Memorial to General George C. Marshall To Be Erected in Frankfurt
Feb. 11, 1962 - A memorial to the late General of the Army George C. Marshall (pictured in 1945) as author of the plan that made possible...
Feb 11, 2022
Board of Inquiry Will Question Francis Gary Powers on Crash and Capture
Feb. 11, 1962 - The C.I.A. has formed a board of inquiry to investigate the circumstances of the capture of Francis Gary Powers by the...
Feb 10, 2022
George Romney Will Run for Michigan Governor
Feb. 10, 1962 - George Romney announced today that he would seek the Republican nomination for Governor of Michigan. The 54-year-old...
Feb 9, 2022
🚨Francis Gary Powers Released, U.S. Releases Spy Rudolf Abel in Exchange
Feb. 9, 1962 - Francis Gary Powers has been released by the Soviet Union in exchange for the release of Col. Rudolf Abel, the convicted...
Feb 8, 2022
Romney Begins 24-Hour Fast Prior to Decision on Governor Run
Feb. 8, 1962 - George Romney (pictured with his wife Lenore) began a 24-hour fast today as he sought to decide whether to become a...
Feb 6, 2022
NBC to Produce Show on Communism
Feb. 6, 1962 - A special hour-long television show for young people dealing with the subject of communism is being planned by NBC. The...
Feb 6, 2022
Powers Pessimistic on Early Release from Soviet Incarceration
Feb. 6, 1962 - Francis Gary Powers (pictured right at his Moscow trial), the U-2 pilot imprisoned in the Soviet Union, has written his...
Feb 4, 2022
Rockwell Booed Out of Lewisburg, PA
Feb. 4, 1962 - George Lincoln Rockwell (pictured), head of the American Nazi party, told a jeering crowd today that he had the right to...
Feb 4, 2022
Romney Makes Appearance on Meet the Press
Feb. 4, 1962 - George Romney told a national TV audience today that “the Republican image needs improvement.” In the past, he said, it...
Feb 4, 2022
Communist Military Assistance to Cuba Worth $100 Million and Counting
Feb. 4, 1962 - Cuba now has 50 to 100 MIG jet fighters and may be receiving some Soviet bombers and short-range rockets in new arms...
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