Kennedy Praises Anne Frank, Victim of Nazis
Sept. 19, 1961 - President Kennedy said in a special message today that millions of persons were living under the shadow of another...
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Sep 18, 2021
Kennedy to Address U.N. General Assembly
Sept. 18, 1961 - President Kennedy decided today to intervene personally in the constitutional crisis created at the United Nations by...
Sep 18, 2021
Viet Cong Launch Major Attack 60 Miles from Saigon
Sept. 18, 1961 - More than 1,000 Communist rebels in South Vietnam attacked and burned the capital of Phuoc Vinh Province, 60 miles north...
Sep 17, 2021
Truman on “Open End” with David Susskind
Sept. 17, 1961 - Former President Harry S. Truman talked of many things during a two-hour interview last night with David Susskind. Some...
Sep 16, 2021
Refugee from East Berlin Her Gets Dog Back
Sept. 16, 1961 - It is not only humans who are bothered by the Communist wall across Berlin - dogs are affected as well. A fox terrier...
Sep 16, 2021
Cuban Communists Round Up Priests
Sept. 16, 1961 - A large-scale round-up of Roman Catholic priests has taken place in Havana in the last two days. There are no precise...
Sep 16, 2021
Eisenhower Attacks Kennedy Administration
Sept. 16, 1961 - Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower vigorously attacked the Kennedy Administration in Chicago today. He said Americans...
Sep 16, 2021
U.S. and Soviets Each Detonate Nuclear Devices
Sept. 16, 1961 - The United States and the Soviet Union detonated nuclear devices today. Both were announced in Washington by the Atomic...
Sep 15, 2021
🚨U.S. Resumes Atomic Testing with Underground Blast in Nevada
Sept. 15, 1961 - The United States resumed atomic testing today by setting off a small underground explosion in Nevada. It was the first...
Sep 15, 2021
President Kennedy Urges Home Fallout Shelters
Sept. 15, 1961 - President Kennedy is spurring Americans to build home fallout shelters to cut the nation's losses in case of nuclear...
Sep 14, 2021
Rockefeller Coy about Plans for 1964
Sept. 14, 1961 - New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller (pictured left) refused to be pinned down today on whether he would serve a full,...
Sep 14, 2021
Nixon Challenges Truman to Piano-Playing Contest
Sept. 14, 1961 - Former Vice President Richard M. Nixon challenged former President Harry S. Truman today to a piano-playing contest....
Sep 14, 2021
President Kennedy Seeks New Tactics to Fight Communists
Sept. 14, 1961 - President Kennedy has set up a Cabinet-level group to draft a program for waging psychological and political tactics in...
Sep 13, 2021
Gov. Brown of California Seeks Kennedy's Support
Sept. 13, 1961 - Gov. Edmund G. Brown of California made a strong bid today for support from the Kennedy Administration in his battle,...
Sep 13, 2021
Thurgood Marshall of NAACP To Be Appointed Judge
Sept. 13, 1961 - Thurgood Marshall (pictured right with Roy Wilkins), chief counsel to the NAACP, is slated for appointment to one of...
Sep 12, 2021
Nixon to Decide on California Run Soon
Sept. 12, 1961 - Richard M. Nixon today warned the growing field of Republican gubernatorial entries in California to focus their primary...
Sep 12, 2021
Castro Goes after Church, Vatican Concerned
Sept. 12, 1961 - The Cuban Government launched a fresh attack against the Roman Catholic Church today. It accused priests and nuns of...
Sep 12, 2021
Soviets Conduct Yet Another Atomic Test
Sept. 12, 1961 - The Soviet Union conducted the seventh atomic test in its current series by detonating a multi-megaton device in the...
Sep 11, 2021
Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy Acts Against Organized Crime
Sept. 11, 1961 - Congress sent to President Kennedy today a bill making it a Federal crime to travel interstate on underworld business....
Sep 11, 2021
White House Refutes Eisenhower's Claim about Cuban Invasion Plan
Sept. 11, 1961 - Former President Eisenhower said today that no plans for an invasion of Cuba had been made before he left office. This...
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