1960s Timeline

Mar. 29, 1964 - Melville Shavelson, a leading writer-producer-director, plans to make a movie about Colonel David (Mickey) Marcus...

Dec. 4, 1963 - Pope Paul VI announced today he was planning to visit the Holy Land in January. The trip, “on behalf of peace among men,”...

July 16, 1963 - Joanne Woodward (right), the actress, and Juliette Greco, French singer-actress, were blacklisted throughout the Arab...

June 16, 1963 - David Ben-Gurion (pictured right in 1961) resigned unexpectedly today as the Premier and Defense Minister of Israel and...

Dec. 18, 1962 - “Frank Sinatra in Israel” is a film which documents the singer’s first ever visit to Israel as part of his multi-national...

Dec. 11, 1962 - Premier David Ben-Gurion (pictured second from right) threatened today to send the Israeli army deep into Syria in...

July 19, 1962 - The United Arab Republic has refused to grant Elizabeth Taylor an entry visa because she has adopted the Jewish faith and...

June 1, 1962 - Adolf Eichmann (pictured in 1942) was hanged in Israel this morning just after midnight for the part he played in the...

May 28, 1962 - Israel’s Supreme Court unanimously rejected today Adolf Eichmann’s appeal against his death sentence for a major role in...

Apr. 25, 1962 - A Protestant minister who has been meeting with Adolf Eichmann in his prison cell in Israel has described the former Nazi...

Mar. 7, 1962 - Authorities made available today the first English translation of one of five psalms recently discovered in a Dead Sea...

Feb. 19, 1962 - Adolf Eichmann’s appeal of his conviction and death sentence will be heard by the Supreme Court in Jerusalem March 22, an...

Aug. 8, 1961 - Israel's Attorney General, Gideon Hausner, began today a wrathful summation of Israel's case against Adolf Eichmann...

Aug. 7, 1961 - Summations in the trial of Adolf Eichmann will begin tomorrow in Jerusalem. Attorney General Gideon Hausner will demand...

Aug. 1, 1961 - The Netherlands has chosen an Israeli sub-machine gun, the Uzi, as a standard weapon for her land forces. A large order...