Soviet Premier Nikita Krushchev was rumoured to have banged his shoe on his delegation’s desk during a UN General Assembly meeting on 12 October 1960. Utilizing material from the UN Audiovisual ...

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As that floating committee room, the Baltika, churned and rolled across the Atlantic with Nikita Khrushchev and his claque of Communism’s top brass, most pervasive presence aboard was the man who wasn ...

At a Kremlin dinner, Nikita Khrushchev cried that Russia would abandon Communism “when the shrimp learns to whistle.” Wagging a finger at Indians in Bangalore, Nikita warned that each beast has its ...

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A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. Looking back over the past 75 years, there may not be a more unpredictable and mercurial character in world events than ...