1960s Timeline

July 12, 1963 - New Jersey Teamsters’ Union boss Anthony (Tony Pro) Provenzano (pictured), 46, was sentenced to 7 years in jail and fined...

June 4, 1963 - A Federal grand jury in Chicago indicted James R. Hoffa and seven other persons today on charges of having fraudulently...

May 9, 1963 - James R. Hoffa, president of the Teamsters union, was charged today with trying to corruptly influence a jury that tried...

Feb. 12, 1963 - James R. Hoffa, President of the Teamsters Union, accused Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy today of carrying on a...

Jan. 29, 1963 - James R. Hoffa (pictured last month), president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, called today for a labor...

July 25, 1962 - James R. Hoffa, Teamsters president, was described by Senate investigators today as a man with a callous disregard of...

July 9, 1962 - The Government today decided not to prosecute James R. Hoffa, Teamster’s president, on assault charges pressed against him...

May 18, 1962 - James R. Hoffa, president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, was indicted today by a Federal grand jury. It...

May 18, 1962 - James R. Hoffa pleaded not guilty today to charges that he had assaulted Samuel Baron, a 59-year-old aide who talked back...

May 17, 1962 - James R. Hoffa was arrested tonight and charged with assaulting Samuel Baron, a 59-year-old Teamsters Union subordinate,...

Oct. 21, 1961 - Miss Barbara Hoffa was married today. Her father, James R. Hoffa, president of the Teamsters Union, gave her away. About...

July 19, 1961 - Drivers for Chicago's two major taxicab fleets have elected a reform local as their bargaining agent over a local backed...

July 7, 1961 - James R. Hoffa was re-elected by acclamation today to a new five-year term as president of the International Brotherhood...