1960s Timeline

Feb. 14, 1962 - State Department authorities said today the U.S. was still trying to get an accounting from Communist China of American...

Feb. 14, 1962 - Francis Gary Powers can testify before Congressional committees and talk with newsmen after he completes “important...

Feb. 14, 1962 - General Henry Irving Hodes (pictured center in Korea in 1951), a combat commander in World War II and the Korean...

Feb. 14, 1962 - Following are main points of President Kennedy’s news conference today: Summit — He said he would attend a...

Feb. 12, 1962 - Maine Senator Margaret Chase Smith (pictured) suggested today that leading Republican Presidential aspirants were seeking...

Feb. 12, 1962 - President Kennedy said today that it was essential that women workers be assured of pay that reflected the services they...

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, 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, 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, 1962 - Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy arrived today in Hong Kong, a British colony in the shadow of Communist China, for a...

Feb. 10, 1962 - George Romney announced today that he would seek the Republican nomination for Governor of Michigan. The 54-year-old...

Feb. 9, 1962 - Narrated by actor James Cagney, "The Road to the Wall" explores the steady march of Communism through the years. It begins...

Feb. 9, 1962 - Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy faced the startled chief of Japan’s massive left-wing labor union today and challenged...

Feb. 9, 1962 - Richard M. Nixon lashed out last night at President Kennedy’s handling of the Cuban situation and at other aspects of the...

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, 1962 - George Romney (pictured with his wife Lenore) began a 24-hour fast today as he sought to decide whether to become a...

Feb. 8, 1962 - Left-wing students boycotted a scheduled meeting with Robert F. Kennedy (pictured left at a karate demonstration) today in...

Feb. 8, 1962 - President Kennedy got a mile-swim certificate and a little altered history from the Boy Scouts of America today. Mr....

Feb. 7, 1962 - Teenagers from 64 countries crowded into the White House today for an afternoon of Mozart with ice cream, cookies, and...

Feb. 7, 1962 - President Kennedy said at his news conference today that he could not guarantee a free flow of information to U.S. newsmen...