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Oct 20, 2022

Pentagon Denies Possibility of “Accidental War”

Oct. 20, 1962 - Administration officials said today that the Government was spending vast sums of money to improve existing precautions...

Oct 19, 2022

Oct. 19, 1962 - JFK Meets with Joint Chiefs on Soviet Missiles in Cuba

Oct. 19, 1962 - Here is audio of a secretly recorded meeting President Kennedy held today with the Joint Chiefs of Staff regarding Soviet...

Jul 8, 2022

(VIDEO) Secretary of State Dean Rusk on Nuclear Inspections

July 8, 1962 - Secretary of State Dean Rusk discusses new technologies for detecting nuclear tests. #nuclearwar #war #coldwar #1960s #russia

Apr 21, 2022

Salan Indicted in Paris

Apr. 21, 1962 - Raoul Salan (pictured in 1958), captured in Algiers as the head of the Secret Army Organization (OAS), was indicted by...

Apr 20, 2022

Raoul Salan, Commander of Secret Army Organization, Arrested in Algiers

Apr. 20, 1962 - Former General Raoul Salan (pictured), his wife and daughter, and an aide were arrested in Algiers today. Salan was flown...

Apr 13, 2022

Edmond Jouhaud Condemned to Death in Paris

Apr. 13, 1962 - Edmond Jouhaud, second in command of the terrorist Secret Army Organization (OAS) in Algeria, was condemned to death...

Apr 8, 2022

France Approves Peace Settlement with Algerian Rebels

Apr. 8, 1962 - The French people approved the peace settlement with the Algerian nationalist rebels by a heavy majority today. More than...

Feb 21, 2022

French Government Approves Algerian Cease-Fire

Feb. 21, 1962 - The French Government approved today the accords for Algerian peace that were reached with Algerian rebel representatives...

Feb 19, 2022

French and Algerian Moslems Agree on Peace Terms

Feb. 19, 1962 - Representatives of France and of the Algerian Moslem rebels have agreed on terms for ending the war in Algeria. The...

Feb 9, 2022

Leftist Demonstration in Paris Turns Violent, Eight Killed, Hundreds Injured

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

Oct 31, 2021

What if a 50-Megaton Bomb Exploded Over Manhattan?

Oct. 31, 1961 - If exploded in the air over downtown Manhattan, a 50-megaton bomb would destroy homes as far away as Passaic, N.J. and...

Sep 29, 2021

Castro Shuts Down Last Havana Casino

Sept. 29, 1961 - The last of Havana's gambling casinos closed quietly today, minutes after Premier Fidel Castro had announced that his...

Sep 26, 2021

Gen. Robert L. Eichelberger Dead at 75, Commanded Eighth Army

Sept. 26, 1961 - General Robert L. Eichelberger (pictured in New Guinea during World War II), retired American commander of the Eighth...

Sep 23, 2021

Castro's Popularity May Be Slipping

\Sept. 23, 1961 - Five months have passed since Premier Fidel Castro described triumphantly on television the defeat of the anti-Castro...

Sep 22, 2021

Communist Viet Cong Launch Another Attack in South Vietnam

Sept. 22, 1961 - For the second time this week, the Communist guerrillas known as Viet Cong launched a devastating attack in South...

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 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

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

TV: "Twilight Zone" Season Three Premiere Tonight

Sept. 15, 1961 - On tonight's Season Three premiere of "The Twilight Zone," two survivors of an apocalyptic battle, a man (Charles...

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...