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The cold war led straight to Cuba

The Cuban Missile Crisis came out of years of Cold War confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union. This ...
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Kennedy faces the Soviet missiles in Cuba

On October 16 1962 John F. Kennedy learned that Soviet nuclear missiles had been found in Cuba. The first day of the Cuban ...
Digital Journal

Cuban missile crisis: 13 days when nuclear war threatened

Aerial view taken in October 1962 of one of the Cuban medium-range missile bases, during the Cuban missiles crisis. – Copyright AFP Ina FASSBENDER Sixty years ago ...
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On This Day: Cuban Missile Crisis

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! In October 1962, the U.S. engaged in a 13 day confrontation with the Soviet Union over the deployment of Soviet missiles to Cuba. President John ...
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Historic Newsreel Footage of the Cuban Missile Crisis

Tensions intensified between Cuba and the United States in October 1962 as they appear destined to plunge the planet in ...
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Sergei Kruschev on the Cuban Missile Crisis

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Sergei Kruschev, the son of Nikita Kruschev, who was Soviet premier during the Cuban Missile Crisis, provided the Soviet perspective on the crisis.

What song was number one during the Cuban Missile Crisis?

We take a look at who sat atop the Billboard Hot 100 while the world was engulfed by the Cuban Missile Crisis' Cold War drama ...
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on this day in history: MISSILE BASES IN CUBA

ON THIS DATE IN 19-62... PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY MADE A TELEVISED SPEECH ANNOUNCING U-S SPY PLANES HAD DISCOVERED SOVIET MISSILE BASES IN CUBA. THE SITES HOUSED MEDIUM-RANGE MISSILES CAPABLE OF ...
Digital Journal

Dummy US missile disappears, turns up in Cuba

A dummy training version of a US Hellfire missile was shipped to Cuba after an apparent mix-up by commercial cargo handlers in Europe, a source said Friday, confirming media reports. The source ...