'They handled it exactly the right way': How the Kennedys averted the 1962 Cuban missile crisis

In October 1962, the world came to the brink of nuclear war. According to insiders who spoke to the BBC, the expertise of ...

National Atomic Testing Museum revisits Cuban Missile Crisis in Atomic Stories event

The National Atomic Testing Museum invited the public to its next “Atomic Stories” event on Saturday, returning to the Cuban ...
Council on Foreign Relations

Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev Warns President John F. Kennedy of “Catastrophic Consequences”—Cuban Missile Crisis, Day Eight

U.S. success in rallying support in the Americas for a naval quarantine of Cuba and a strong speech by the U.S. ambassador to ...
Council on Foreign Relations

President John F. Kennedy Tells the World That Soviet Missiles Are in Cuba-Cuban Missile Crisis, Day Seven

JFK informed the world that the United States was imposing a naval quarantine on Cuba in response to the Soviet decision to ...

A New Level of Threat and Fear Risks Pushing the U.S. and Iran Back to Full War

With new intelligence and the possibility of all sides seeking pretexts for action, the war in Iran is entering a dangerous ...
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This Day in History: October 22 — Cuban Missile Crisis Goes Public

Explore October 22 in history, from Kennedy’s Cuban Missile Crisis address to xerography, Venera 9, Chandrayaan-1, and other ...
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How the RF-8 Crusader helped Kennedy through the 1962 Cuban missile crisis

In October 1962, RF-8 Crusaders flew low over Cuba on Operation Blue Moon to photograph suspected Soviet missile sites. Their ...
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Cuban Missile Crisis Remembrance: U-2 Photos Reveal Soviet Missiles in Cuba

On October 14, 1962, an American reconnaissance flight photographed missile sites that brought the world to the brink of ...

Deseret News archives: ‘High urgency’: Kennedy alerted Americans to Cuban missile crisis

"JFK prepares U.S. for high urgency,' read the top headline of the Deseret News on Oct. 22, as four of the top five stories ...

India and Pakistan have forgotten the most enduring lesson of the Cuban missile crisis

After the dangerous escalation in May 2025, the world cannot afford another confrontation in Southasia which tests ...

45 Days, No One Was Watching: The Cuban Missile Crisis and the 928 Photos Taken by the U-2

Introduction: How to approach this episodeThe Cuban Missile Crisis is known as the 13 days when the world came closest to ...
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The Missives of October

Like so many others, I have indelible emotional scars because of certain events that unfolded during my childhood. Chief among them was the Cuban missile crisis toward the end of October 1962. I was ...