1960s Timeline

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 - The U.S. established a new military command in Communist-threatened South Vietnam today and named a four-star general to...

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 - The New York Mets have acquired such former Brooklyn Dodger favorites as Gil Hodges, Charlie Neal, Billy Loes, and Roger...

Feb. 7, 1962 - The Lucky Luciano story ended in New York City today. The body of the exiled gangster (pictured in 1931) was brought back...

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...

Feb. 7, 1962 - Following are three highlights of President Kennedy’s news conference today: Nuclear Testing — He said the U.S. would...

Feb. 7, 1962 - Two U.S. Army air support companies totaling 300 men arrived in Saigon today from the plains of Kansas to bolster South...

Feb. 7, 1962 - Robert F. Kennedy toured Western Japan today as if he were running for county sheriff. The Attorney General talked with...

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, 1962 - Mrs. Ethel Kennedy, wife of Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, went shopping in Tokyo today and did nearly everything in...

Feb. 6, 1962 - Twenty-nine Memphis stores desegregated dining rooms and lunch counters today. The move came quietly after meetings...

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. 6, 1962 - Woodrow Wilson’s typewriter was returned today to the White House. It had been disposed of as surplus property during the...

Feb. 6, 1962 - A small band of young Japanese Communists turned a warm university welcome for Robert F. Kennedy into a wild demonstration...

Feb. 6, 1962 - One U.S. Army helicopter crashed and burned, and two others were hit by Communist Viet Cong guerrilla fire today on an...

Feb. 5, 1962 - Roberto Clemente (left), the National League batting champion, today signed his 1962 contract with the Pittsburgh Pirates....

Feb. 5, 1962 - Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy sat on the counter of a working-class bar in Tokyo tonight and discussed world problems...

Feb. 5, 1962 - President Kennedy entertained Premier Cyrille Adoula of the Congo at a White House luncheon today and then conferred with...