Event:
Nikita Khrushchev pounds his shoe at United Nations General Assembly
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
September 27, 1959 - Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev concludes his U.S. visit
September 19, 1959 - Nikita Khrushchev is denied access to Disneyland
March 27, 1958 - Nikita Khrushchev becomes Soviet premier and 1st Secretary of Communist Party
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
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1969 1st time 5 people in space
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