16 June 19631st Woman in SpaceValentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova
1st woman in space
Historical records for Russia in 1963, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
1st woman in space
The achievement marks first woman in space as an important Russian scientific milestone.
Valentina Tereshkova becomes the first woman in space during the Soviet Vostok programme.
Pilots Vostok 6 and becomes the first woman to travel in space.
The Soviet Union and United States agree to establish a direct communications link between their governments.
Returns from the ceremonial head-of-state post to active work in the Central Committee Secretariat.
Publicly offers a treaty banning nuclear tests in the atmosphere, outer space and underwater.
Meets American negotiator Averell Harriman and accepts negotiations focused on a three-environment nuclear test ban.
Soviet, American and British negotiators initial the Limited Test Ban Treaty after intensive Moscow talks.
Hosts the signing of the Limited Test Ban Treaty by the Soviet Union, United States and United Kingdom.
Cuban consular staff are told that processing a Soviet visa for Oswald would require approximately four months.
Kostikov is identified as one of the Soviet consular officials who may have dealt directly with Oswald's visa request.
The Warren Commission reports that Oswald spoke with either Yatskov or Valeriy Kostikov while seeking a Soviet visa.
The Limited Test Ban Treaty enters into force after ratification by the three original parties.
Kerensky participates in republic declaration during his political career.
Sends condolences after President John F. Kennedy is assassinated and signals a desire to preserve improving relations.
Publication of "An Incident at Krechetovka Station"
Appointed Chief-of General Staff
Nosenko claimed that he could provide important negative information about the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, affirming that he had personally handled a review of the case of Lee Harvey Oswald, who had lived in the.
Soviet Union prior to the Kennedy assassination, the issue was critical because KGB involvement with Oswald might suggest Soviet involvement in the Kennedy assassination a prospect that could have propelled the Cold War into a nuclear war.
Appointed Deputy Minister of Defence
Declares the Kazakhstan virgin lands a failure & seeks 2 million tons of US wheat
Responds to a poor harvest by arranging large grain purchases from Western countries.
Declares the Kazakhstan experiment a failure & seeks 2 million tons of US wheat
Becomes chief engineer of a major house-building combine in the Sverdlovsk region.
Emerges as Khrushchev's principal deputy in the day-to-day management of the Communist Party.
Kennedy, affirming that he had personally handled a review of the case of Lee Harvey Oswald, who had lived in the Soviet Union prior to the Kennedy assassination, the issue was critical because KGB involvement with Oswald might suggest Soviet involvement in the Kennedy assassination a prospect that could have
Nosenko also stated that the KGB had never questioned Oswald about information he might have gained as a U.S. Marine, including work as an aviation electronics operator at Naval Air Facility Atsugi in Japan.
Nosenko claimed that he could provide important negative information about the assassination of President John F.
Nosenko insisted that after interviewing Oswald it was decided that he was not intelligent enough and also "too mentally unstable," a "nut," and therefore unsuitable for intelligence work.
propelled the Cold War into a nuclear war
Spends nearly 5 days alone in Vostok 5, the longest solo space flight to date
Publication of "Requiem"
Malyshev supervises engineering preparations for closing the river's original channel.
Appointed Secretary of the Central Committee
Spends nearly 5 days alone in Vostok 5, the longest solo space flight to date
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