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Bay of Pigs
Invasion -
U-2 Pilot Heyser
Flew over Cuba secretly photographing their missils -
EX-COMM Meeting
Kennedy wrote a letter to persuade Cuba to get rid of missils by promising that the US would not invade Cuba -
President Kennedy decides on a naval blockade of Cuba
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DEFCON 3
President Kennedy addresses the American public and announces his plan -
The Worst Day
EX-COMM receives a letter from Khrushchev stating that the Soviets willl remove their missils if Kennedy agrees not to invade Cuba