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Cuban Missile Crisis

  • Kennedy confirmed

    Kennedy confirmed
    Kennedy confirmed reports of the Soviet technicians and supplies arriving in Cuba.
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    Cuban Missle Crisis

  • Aerial Surveillance

    Aerial Surveillance
    Aerial surveillance revealed missiles in Cuba
  • Kennedy annouced

    Kennedy annouced
    Kennedy addressed nation on Soviet threat and annouced a "quarantine" (blockade) of Cuba
  • USSR

    USSR
    The USSR warned the U,S, actions could lead to a nuclear war
  • Kennedy accepted

    Kennedy accepted
    Kennedy accepted Khrushchev's proposal to end the crisis
  • Khrushchev announced

    Khrushchev announced
    Khrushchev announced that weapons will be returned back to the Soviet Union