Oct 18, 2021Highlights of Khrushchev Speech in MoscowOct. 18, 1961 - Following are highlights of Premier Khrushchev’s speech yesterday at the 22nd congress of the Soviet Communist party in...
Oct 17, 2021U.S. to Soviets: Don’t Explode 50-Megaton WeaponOct. 17, 1961 - The U.S. called upon the Soviet Union today to reconsider the planned explosion of a fifty-megaton atomic weapon. Such an...
Oct 17, 2021Eisenhower Talks Fallout Shelters, Nuclear WarOct. 17, 1961 - Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower (pictured in Warsaw in 1945) said today that he did “not know the right answer to...
Oct 17, 2021Khrushchev Addresses 22nd Congress of Soviet Communist PartyOct. 17, 1961 - Premier Khrushchev said today that he would withdraw his deadline for a German peace treaty this year if the Western...