1960s Timeline

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Jul 12, 2023

“Tony Pro” Sentenced to 7 Years in Jail

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

Jun 4, 2023

Hoffa Indicted in Chicago

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, 2023

Hoffa Charged with Jury Tampering

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

Feb 13, 2023

Hoffa Accuses Attorney General of “Personal Vendetta”

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

Jan 29, 2023

Hoffa Calls for Labor March on Washington

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

Jul 25, 2022

Hoffa Scored by Senate Investigators

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

Jul 9, 2022

Hoffa Will Not Be Prosecuted on Assault Charge

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

May 18, 2022

Hoffa Indicted by Federal Grand Jury

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

May 18, 2022

Hoffa Pleads Not Guilty to Assault Charge

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, 2022

Jimmy Hoffa Arrested for Assaulting Subordinate

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

Oct 21, 2021

Barbara Hoffa, Daughter of Union Chief, Weds in Detroit

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

Jul 19, 2021

Hoffa Setback in Chicago

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

Jul 7, 2021

Hoffa Re-Elected to Five-Year Term as Teamsters President

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