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Fulgencio Batista left Cuba and Castro's group took over the nation.
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The CIA force of 1,400 Cuban refugees landed at the swampy Bay of Pigs on Cuba’s southern coast and was caputured or killed.
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On October 22, President Kennedy issued a formal demand to Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev that the missiles be removed from Cuba.
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October 15, 1962, the administration knew with certainty that Cuba had the missiles and the launching capacity to attack the United States.
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The argument was settled and each country removed their missiles