1989 Death Andrei Gromyko, Soviet diplomat, dies just short of his 80th birthday 1989 Death Andrei A. Gromyko, Russian Politician 1988 Event Andrei Gromyko retires 1985 Event Andrei Gromyko appointed president of U.S.S.R. 1962 Event John F. Kennedy meets Russian minister of Foreign affairs Andrei Gromyko 1957 Event Andrei A Gromyko succeeds Dmitri Shepilov as Soviet foreign minister 1943 Event Gromyko named U.S.S.R.-ambassador in Washington 1909 Birthday Andrei A. Gromyko, Russian Politician 1909 Birthday Andrei Gromyko, U.S.S.R., diplomat/U.S.S.R. President, 1985-89, 7/18 NS]