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The presidency of William Henry Harrison, who died 31 days after taking office in 1841, was the shortest in American history. [9] Franklin D. Roosevelt served the longest, over twelve years, before dying early in his fourth term in 1945. He is the only U.S. president to have served more than two terms. [10]
The Metro did not open until 1 May 1935, but Khrushchev received the Order of Lenin for his role in its construction. [40] Later that year, he was selected as First Secretary of the Moscow Regional Committee which was responsible for Moscow oblast , a province with a population of 11 million.
1861 – Hannibal Hamlin, United States Senator of Maine (January 17), to take office as Vice President of the United States. 1867 – Rutherford B. Hayes, United States Representative (July 20), to run for Governor of Ohio; 1873 – Henry Wilson, United States Senator of Massachusetts (March 3), to take office as Vice President of the United ...
Moscow Summit (1988) postage stamps, Spasskaya Tower and handshake Soviet Union–United States summits were held from 1943 to 1991. The topics discussed at the summits between the president of the United States and either the general secretary or the premier of the Soviet Union ranged from fighting the Axis Powers during World War II to arms control between the two superpowers themselves ...
The Berlin Crisis of 1958–1959 was a crisis over the status of West Berlin during the Cold War.It resulted from efforts by Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev to react strongly against American nuclear warheads located in West Germany, and build up the prestige of the Soviet satellite state of East Germany.
Earlier in 1959, Vice President Richard Nixon visited the Soviet Union, attending a tour of the American National Exhibition in Moscow. He and Khrushchev took part in what later became known as the Kitchen Debate, in which both Nixon and Khrushchev defended their country's respective economic systems.
Khrushchev: The Man and His Era was written by William Taubman, who serves as a professor of political science at Amherst College. [2] The book is the first in-depth biography of Khrushchev, [3] [4] [5] the publication of which was made possible by newly established access to archives in Russia and Ukraine, following the collapse of the Soviet Union.
However, in June 1961 Soviet first secretary Khrushchev created a new crisis over the status of West Berlin when he again threatened to sign a separate peace treaty with East Germany, which he said, would end existing four-power agreements guaranteeing American, British, and French access rights to West Berlin.