1960s Timeline

Mar. 6, 1962 - Admiral Harry D. Felt, commander in chief of U.S. forces in the Pacific, said in Saigon today that South Vietnamese forces...

Mar. 5, 1962 - Enrique Lister (pictured left with Ernesto “Che” Guevara), who led a Communist corps in the Spanish civil war and served...

Mar. 2, 1962 - Here is a documentary narrated by Ronald Reagan called “The Truth About Communism.” #Podcast #podcasts #podcasting...

Mar. 2, 1962 - United States Army helicopters, grounded since Tuesday’s attempt by two Vietnamese Air Force pilot to assassinate...

Mar. 1, 1962 - Secretary of State Dean Rusk said today that the fighting in South Vietnam could end overnight if Communist nations would...

Feb. 28, 1962 - One of the two pilots who attacked South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem’s palace was quoted today as having said...

Feb. 27, 1962 - The Government of South Vietnam announced today that the bombing of the Presidential Palace early yesterday morning had...

Feb. 26, 1962 - U.S. officials said tonight that President Ngo Dinh Diem was in control of the situation in South Vietnam after a bombing...

Feb. 26, 1962 - Two fighter-bombers bearing markings of the South Vietnamese Air Force attacked President Ngo Dinh Diem’s today with...

Feb. 25, 1962 - The U.S. is not interested in engaging in any international consultations over the situation in Vietnam as demanded by...

Feb. 24, 1962 - Communist China declared today that its security was seriously affected by an “undeclared war” waged by the U.S. in South...

Feb. 22, 1962 - J. Edgar Hoover said today that “there can be no compromise with the Communists” and that “the sooner every American...

Feb. 21, 1962 - Senator Barry Goldwater urged the U.S. today not to “compete in bragging” with the Soviet Union. The Arizona Republican...

Feb. 21, 1962 - The U.S. destroyer Remey (pictured) sailed into port in New York today for a week’s respite from service in the “cold...

Feb. 21, 1962 - President Kennedy indicated today that the U.S. intended to try to bring about general stability in South Vietnam and...

Feb. 20, 1962 - Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara returned to the capital today and reported improvement in the South Vietnamese...

Feb. 19, 1962 - Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara said today that the South Vietnam war “seems to be stabilized,” but that guerrilla...

Feb. 19, 1962 - Senator Barry Goldwater praised Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara today as “one of the best Secretaries of Defense...

Feb. 18, 1962 - Mrs. Nina Petrovna Khrushchev (pictured with the First Lady last June in Austria), wife of the Soviet Premier, pleaded...

Feb. 18, 1962 - A pamphlet contending that any national shelter program would be almost useless has been issued by eight specialists who...