1960s Timeline

June 18, 1963 - A minor street incident in Harlem set off a series of violent clashes between Negroes and the police last night. Several...

May 8, 1963 - Princeton undergraduates today generally supported university president Robert F. Goheen’s strong condemnation of a riot by...

May 7, 1963 - More than 1,000 Princeton University students went on a rampage on the campus and in town last night and early today....

Oct. 4, 1962 - The number of injuries inflicted by a howling mob of 2,500 that laid siege to U.S. marshals at the University of...

Oct. 1, 1962 - Former Maj. Gen. Edwin A. Walker was arrested today on four charges, including sedition and insurrection, for his role in...

Feb. 8, 1962 - Eight persons were killed and hundreds injured tonight when thousands of Leftists battled security forces in Paris....

July 31, 1961 - New York City Police Commissioner Michael J. Murphy today denounced recent attacks upon policemen. Mr. Murphy said 1,780...

July 28, 1961 - Scattered violence and milling crowds disrupted Harlem last night. A police riot call brought reinforcements to the...