Your Typical Average Friday October 16th . . .in 1964
By Gordonskene Friday Oct 16, 2009 7:00pm
(Nikita Khruschev and friend - On this day he and the turkey had a lot in common)
On this typical average day in 1964 news came from Moscow that Premier Nikita Khruschev "needed a rest" and was quickly removed from office, sending more than the average shockwave around the world.
Sam Jaffe (ABC News Moscow): “From all outward appearances, the Soviet people responded calmly to the news that Nikita Khruschev has been replaced. Most Muscovites learned of the changes on their way to work today. All Soviet newspapers carried a brief announcement that Premier Khruschev had requested retirement because of his age and poor health”.
This newscast, via WXYZ in Detroit from Friday October 16, 1964 also mentions the ongoing Auto Plant and newspaper strikes and an ever-folksy Paul Harvey extolling the virtues of yet another life insurance policy.
All in all, a typical average day. Kind of like this one.
Or not.
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I heard Nikita could see Alaska from Red Square . . .
(you betcha)
That rocks, thanks for the flashback. Khrushchev, for all his bombast, was all the war hero/Commissar that his opposite, Dwight D. Eisenhower was for the United States. We all remember the military exploits of WWII of the Supreme Commander of Europe General Eisenhower but alot are not aware that Khrushchev fought at Stalingrad, perhaps the most brutal battle of the 20th Century. He was portrayed in the movie "Enemy At The Gates" in the opening scenes for only a minute or two.
Okay, after hearing that refreshing commercial from 1964, it's now Camel Time, Camel Time! For a refreshing cigarette!
read some where the highest confirmed sniper kills in WW 2 , was a Russian woman with over 330 confirmed kills .
I was in high school in '64 - I didn't remember when Nicky was ousted, but I do remember him banging his shoe on the desk in the UN
and all the to-do about the Cuban missile crisis i '62. We all thought the world was really about to end - very scary.
Paul Harvey would likely turn over in his grave now if he found out Cole Porter was gay (or bi-sexual)...
rofl
But from what I read, Khrushev was a very sharp politician surviving in an environment where Stalin would decide who deserved to be taken out and shot every now and then.
what is the diff between the soviets old 5 year plans...and our 5 year budgets?
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Couldnt we get a giant Red Square? Sumptin'?
Sounds like mah daddy's radio...... (sniff)
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