In 1959, Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev toured the United States, from Hollywood to Washington. His goal was bold—cool tensions and reshape the Cold War ...

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15, 1959 (UPI) - Following is the text of President Eisenhower's welcoming remarks to Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev:"Mr. Chairman, I welcome you, your family and party to the ...

IOWA CITY (AP) — Iowa briefly became the warmest spot in the Cold War 50 years ago, when a farmer from Coon Rapids and the leader of the Soviet Union talked corn and farm equipment. Iowans and ...

Nikita Khrushchev may well have been the first reality television star. In 1959, the pugnacious general secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union undertook a tour across America, during ...

The American National Exhibition in Russia in 1959 was a diplomatic failure. READ MORE: Religious Liberty Under Threat, at Home and Abroad It was during the heart of the Cold War. Nuclear war seemed ...

AMES, Iowa -- Liz Garst was 8 years old in 1959 when her grandfather hosted Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev at his Coon Rapids farm. During a talk at Iowa State University, Garst will share how this ...

In the fall of 1959, Nikita Khrushchev became the first Soviet premier to visit the United States. Khrushchev said he was “curious to have a look at America” and had been trying to get an invitation ...

As a Time magazine bureau chief, he was pivotal in the publication of revelatory taped interviews with the ousted premier that had been smuggled out of the Soviet Union. By Sam Roberts On Sunday, Xi ...

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Iowa briefly became the warmest spot in the Cold War 50 years ago, when a farmer from Coon Rapids and the leader of the Soviet Union talked corn and farm equipment. Iowans and ...