1960s Timeline

May 16, 1962 - The Federal Government widened the scope of its battle against voter discrimination in the South today by filing its first...

May 15, 1962 - The Los Angeles Dodgers scored six runs on six hits in the seventh inning and defeated the Houston Colts, 10-7, tonight. A...

May 15, 1962 - South Vietnam will not request American combat troops at this stage of the Southeast Asian crisis, a high American source...

May 15, 1962 - President Kennedy moved today to back up his diplomatic efforts to preserve the independence of Laos by ordering 4,000...

May 14, 1962 - Sardar, Mrs. Kennedy’s gift horse from Pakistan, has been flown to Washington, kept in quarantine, and taken to the...

May 14, 1962 - Minnie Minoso, the St. Louis Cardinals outfielder who suffered a skull fracture and a broken right wrist Friday, was put...

May 14, 1962 - Mrs. Marjorie L. French of Topeka, Kan., was honored by President Kennedy today as teacher of the year. Mrs. French, a...

May 14, 1962 - Former President Eisenhower said today that America was at the dawn of her destiny, the brightness of which would depend...

May 13, 1962 - Thirteen extra-base hits, including six home runs, helped the Chicago Cubs beat the Philadelphia Phillies, 8-7 and 8-5,...

May 13, 1962 - Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy is selling eyeglasses on Madison Avenue. Although the First Lady may be unaware of it, her name...

May 13, 1962 - The busiest and most popular speakers this spring on college campuses across the nation have been Senator Barry Goldwater...

May 13, 1962 - United States helicopters carried more than 1,000 South Vietnamese soldiers into the marshlands of the Mekong Delta...

May 12, 1962 - President Kennedy told a Democratic Jefferson-Jackson Day dinner in Milwaukee tonight that the people of the U.S. had to...

May 12, 1962 - Around 150,000 persons greeted the President this evening as he drove the 9 miles between Mitchell Airport and the center...

May 12, 1962 - General of the Army Douglas MacArthur received the Sylvanus Thayer Award “for outstanding service to the nation” in...

May 12, 1962 - A small Communist force blew up a troop train Thursday in central Vietnam, causing heavy Vietnamese losses. Today, other...

May 12, 1962 - President Kennedy ordered today that U.S. naval, air, and land forces, including a battle group of 1,800 marines, move...

May 11, 1962 - Minnie Minoso (pictured with Stan Musial in March), left fielder for the Cardinals, suffered a skull fracture in St. Louis...

May 11, 1962 - Harry Belafonte, appearing with his revue at a Toronto theatre, said today he planned to take his troupe to Georgia to...

May 11, 1962 - Former President Harry S. Truman said today he considered it “disrespectful” for newspapers to refer to Mrs. Kennedy as...