1960s Timeline

Feb. 1, 1962 - A 10-year-old Greek girl (pictured left) befriended by Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy underwent heart surgery in Washington...

Feb. 1, 1962 - Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy took off today on a goodwill trip around the world. He is scheduled to return at the...

Jan. 31, 1962 - Seven members of the Gallo gang rescued six children today in Brooklyn when a fire in a mattress filled a top-floor...

Jan. 31, 1962 - Here is a brief excerpt from President Kennedy’s press conference earlier today. #JFK #jfkfiles #1960s #jfkennedy...

Jan. 31, 1962 - President Kennedy expressed satisfaction today with the actions taken against Cuba by the Organization of American...

Jan. 30, 1962 - Communist China’s propaganda campaign against President Kennedy was extended today to Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy,...

Jan. 30, 1962 - Foreign ministers of the Organization of American States voted today by a two-thirds majority to exclude Cuba from...

Jan. 29, 1962 - A funeral service was held today in Naples for Charles (Lucky) Luciano. After the requiem mass, his body was put in a...

Jan. 29, 1962 - Harry S. Truman endorsed the Kennedy Administration today in the controversy over “muzzling” generals and admirals with a...

Jan. 29, 1962 - Senator Barry Goldwater, Republican of Arizona, listed four possible ways today for the U.S. to meet increasing economic...

Jan. 28, 1962 - Official segregation has virtually ended at bus and railroad terminals in the South, Justice Department sources reported...

Jan. 27, 1962 - Bill Skowron, the regular first baseman for the Yankees since 1954, appeared last season in more games, went to bat more...

Jan. 27, 1962 - The first major acquisition in Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy’s campaign to improve White House art works was announced in Palm...

Jan. 27, 1962 - The Communist party in this country is stepping up a nationwide campaign to influence students, an FBI official said...

Jan. 27, 1962 - U.S. pilots are risking their lives dropping live pigs and chickens to starving South Vietnamese troops at army outposts...

Jan. 26, 1962 - Lucky Luciano (pictured on ground) died of an apparent heart attack at Capodichino airport in Naples today as U.S. and...

Jan. 26, 1962 - Secretary of the Army Elvis J. Stahr Jr. (pictured far right) told Congress today that regular Army men whose duty tours...

Jan. 25, 1962 - President Kennedy (pictured far right in 1939) flew to Palm Beach, Fla., today for a long weekend in the sun and a visit...

Jan. 25, 1962 - East German border guards seized today the entry to a secret tunnel that 28 East Germans used as an escape route to West...

Jan. 25, 1962 - Richard M. Nixon walked through the Mission district of San Francisco today bidding for votes in his campaign for...