Adlai Stevenson dies on London street 50 years ago this hour (July 14 1965)


Video: 'July 14, 1965 - Ambassador to the United Nations Adlai Stevenson dies in London, England'

(Wednesday, July 14, 1965, 5:10 p.m. BST) — U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Adlai E. Stevenson, twice the unsuccessful Democratic nominee for president (in 1952 and 1956, both times defeated by Republican Dwight Eisenhower), suffered a fatal heart attack today while walking in London through Grosvenor Square. Stevenson was 65.


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