1980 Event U.S.S.R. formally announces death of Alexei Kosygin 1980 Death Alexei N Kosygin, Soviet Prime Minister 1964 - 1980, suffers heart attack at 76 1980 Event Soviet Prime Minister Nikolai Tichonov succeeds Alexei Kosygin, due to illness 1970 Event Premier Kosygin affirms existence Russian military advisors in Egypt 1967 Event Lyndon Baines Johnson and Alexei Kosygin hold 1st of 2 summit meetings in Glassboro, New Jersey 1964 Event Brezhnev and Kosygin replace Khrushchev as head of Russia 1964 Event Kosygin and Brezhnev replace Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev 1904 Birthday Aleksei N Kosygin, Soviet premier, 1964-80
