There were many events that put 1959 on the map – everything from a continuing cold war with the Soviet Union, a band of revolutionaries overthrowing the government of a small Caribbean country, and the grand debut of a doll named ‘Barbie’. A little closer to home the St. Lawrence Seaway opened which made Duluth accessible to the Atlantic Ocean; and even closer still to home in 1959 the O’Shaughnessy-Frey Library Center was completed. The UST libraries are hosting events throughout this year to commemorate this 50th anniversary and to go along with these events there will be weekly trivia questions revolving around events from 1959. Do you know much about the Cold War? The Space Race? Beatniks? Elvis Presley? Maime Van Doren? You will after this year!
Unfortunately there will be no prizes for correct answers – only recognition on this blog that you are one cool cat/dolly.
With all that said and done – here is this week’s question.
In September 1959 Nikita Khrushchev toured the United States, but he was denied permission to visit one particular place which according to a New York Times article at the time was especially disappointing for his family. The official explanation had to do with not being able to provide adequate security for the Soviet leader and not because of that whole ‘We will bury you!’ thing at the UN a few years earlier.
Can you name this place? If you can send me a message.
If you can’t then visit this site next Monday for the answer and another question.