Nikita Khrushchev History: September 11, 1971 - Nikita Khrushchev, dies of a heart attack at 77 October 26, 1962 - Nikita Khrushchev sends note to John F. Kennedy offering to withdraw his missiles from Cuba if U.S. closed its bases in Turkey offer is rejected October 12, 1960 - Nikita Khrushchev pounds his shoe at United Nations General Assembly September 27, 1959 - Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev concludes his U.S. visit September 19, 1959 - Nikita Khrushchev is denied access to Disneyland September 7, 1953 - Nikita Khrushchev becomes 1st Secretary of U.S.S.R. Communist Party March 14, 1953 - Nikita Khrushchev succeeds Malenkov as secretary Communist Party April 17, 1894 - Nikita Khrushchev, born in Kalinovka, Russia, 1st secretary U.S.S.R., 1953 - 1964
More Notable Events on March 27:
1986 Disney-MGM Studio Tour ground breaking
1980 Mount St. Helens becomes active after 123 years
1979 Supreme Court rules, 8-1, police can't randomly stop cars
1976 Washington D.C. underground Metro opens
1912 1st Japanese cherry blossom trees planted in Washington D.C.