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leaves Moscow for US visit
Nixon s detailed
Khrushchev writes Anfuso that Communist states will cooperate with UN body on peaceful uses of space if they get equal representation with West
conf; announces program that includes assigning magistrates to sit 4 extra hrs a day, 5 days a wk, in Special Sessions Ct; other details
On the eve of Premier Khrushchev's arrival in Washington, Vice President Richard M. Nixon declared here yesterday that there was more reason for hope than for pessimism concerning the Soviet leader's visit.
1959Mark Kirk, American commander, lawyer, and politician[†]
Mark Steven Kirk is an American retired politician and attorney who served as a United States senator from Illinois from 2010 to 2017, and as the United States representative for Illinois's 10th congressional district from 2001 to 2010. A member of the Republican Party, Kirk describes himself as socially liberal and fiscally conservative. To date, he is the last Republican to serve Illinois in the U.S. Senate.
1959Nikita Khrushchev becomes the first Soviet leader to visit the United States.[†]
Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev was the First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964 and the Chairman of the Council of Ministers (premier) from 1958 to 1964. During his tenure, he stunned the communist world with his denunciation of his predecessor Joseph Stalin and embarked on a campaign of de-Stalinization with his key ally Anastas Mikoyan. Khrushchev sponsored the early Soviet space program and presided over various domestic reforms. After some false starts, and a narrowly avoided nuclear war over Cuba, he conducted successful negotiations with the United States to reduce Cold War tensions. In 1964, the Kremlin circle stripped him of power, replacing him with Leonid Brezhnev as the First Secretary and Alexei Kosygin as the Premier.
In 1959, the world population was approximately 2,965,950,351 people[†]