President JFK’s UN Address on Weather Modification
“if the Soviets control space they can control earth, as in past centuries the nation that controlled the seas dominated the continents.” Senator John F. …
1960s
UN Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld Killed in Mysterious Plane Crash en route to Cease-fire Negotiations in Uranium-rich Congo
On September 18 1961, the Ndola United Nations DC-6 crashed in what is now Zambia, killing Dag Hammarskjöld — the second Secretary-General of the United …
The Plane Carrying the UN Secretary General Dag Hammarskjöld was Shot Down over Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia)
[Harold Julian, the only (temporary) survivor of the plane crash that killed United Nations secretary general Dag Hammarskjold:] “[There was] an explosion aboard the plane …
Senator Strom Thurmond: “The aim and purpose… is now world socialism, which communism seeks to achieve through revolution… socialism… through evolution.”
Senator Strom Thurmond of South Carolina in a letter to the editor of the Washington Post penned these words: “…Both socialism and communism derive from the …
Congressman John Ashbrook of Ohio Delivered a Speech to the House Entitled “The Myth of Federal Aid to Education without Control.”
Congressman John M. Ashbrook of Ohio expressed his concern over the radical shift in the direction of education before the U.S. House of Representatives in …
Torcaso v. Watkins: The Supreme Court Ruled it Unconstitutional for a Person Seeking Public Office to Have to Declare Their Belief in the Existence of God
In A.D. 1961, the United States Supreme Court decided the case of Torcaso v Watkins. The case hinged on the right of a man who …
President John F. Kennedy’s Man on the Moon Speech
President John F. Kennedy delivered this speech, “Special Message to the Congress on Urgent National Needs,” on May 25, 1961 before a joint session of Congress. …
The Bay of Pigs Invasion: A Failed Attempt to Invade Cuba by the CIA. Did JFK Lose His Nerve or Did the CIA Sabotage the Mission to Force JFK Into a Full Invasion of Cuba?
The failure of the invasion of Cuba in April, 1961 by 1500 CIA-trained anti-Castro expatriates is generally attributed to President Kennedy’s loss of nerve at …
The 1st Freedom Ride Left Washington DC to Challenge the Southern States’ Non-Enforcement of the Supreme Court’s ruling that Segregation on Buses was Unconstitutional
During the spring of 1961, student activists from the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) launched the Freedom Rides to challenge segregation on interstate buses and bus terminals. …
JFK: “The Very Word “Secrecy” is Repugnant in a Free and Open Society; and We Are as a People Inherently and Historically Opposed to Secret Societies, to Secret Oaths…”
This is a portion of the speech that President John F. Kennedy gave at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel on April 27, 1961. “The President and the …