Adlai Stevenson Roughed Up in Dallas
Oct. 24, 1963 - Anti-United Nations demonstrators shoved, booed, beat, and spat in the face of Adlai Stevenson, the chief U.S. delegate...
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Sep 20, 2023
President Kennedy Speaks at United Nations
Sept. 20, 1963 - President Kennedy (pictured with U.N. Ambassador Adlai Stevenson and Secretary U Thant) suggested today that the U.S....
Nov 19, 2022
Castro: Soviets Can Remove Jet Bombers
Nov. 19, 1962 - Premier Fidel Castro informed the U.N. early today that he would not object if the Soviet Union removed the jet bombers...
Oct 25, 2022
Stevenson Confronts Soviet Representative at Stormy U.N. Session
Oct. 25, 1962 - Adlai Stevenson dramatically challenged Valerian A. Zorin in the U.N. Security Council today to deny the U.S. charge that...
Oct 25, 2022
Oct. 25, 1962 - Adlai Stevenson Confronts Soviet Ambassador at U.N. During Cuban Missile Crisis
Oct. 25, 1962 - Adlai Stevenson dramatically challenged Valerian A. Zorin in the U.N. Security Council today to deny the U.S. charge that...
Oct 23, 2022
U.S. Hits Cuba in U.N.
Oct. 23, 1962 - The United States charged in the U.N. Security Council today that the Soviet Union had converted Cuba into “a bridgehead...
Nov 16, 2021
Thirteen Italian Airmen Butchered in Congo
Nov. 16, 1961 - Thirteen captured Italian airmen attached to the U.N. force have been murdered by Congolese soldiers. The Italians had...
Nov 3, 2021
U Thant is Acting Secretary General of U.N.
Nov. 3, 1961 - The General Assembly unanimously elected U Thant (left) of Burma as Acting Secretary General of the United Nations today....
Sep 25, 2021
Eisenhower Impressed by President Kennedy's U.N. Speech
Sept. 25, 1961 - Former President Eisenhower commended President Kennedy's U.N. speech today. He said he believed "it summed up,...
Sep 25, 2021
🚨At U.N., President Kennedy Declares West Will Stand Firm on Berlin
Sept. 25, 1961 - President Kennedy said today that the Western powers would stand firm on West Berlin, but he emphasized that they wished...
Sep 24, 2021
Kennedy Arrives in New York for U.N. Speech
Sept. 24, 1961 - President Kennedy arrived in New York today to deliver a major speech tomorrow to the U.N. The President was greeted at...
Sep 23, 2021
Kennedy Puts Final Touches on U.N. Address
Sept. 23, 1961 - President Kennedy will arrive in New York at 6:30 p.m. tomorrow and spend the evening putting the finishing touches on...
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
🚨Dag Hammarskjold Killed in African Plane Crash
Sept. 18, 1961 - U.N. Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold was killed today with 12 other persons in the crash of a plane carrying him to a...
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