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December 1956, in an invasion that they hoped would lead to a swift victory. The invasion failed, but the survivors hid in the mountains of Cuba and launched both a publicity campaign and guerrilla warfare operations.
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The Bay of Pigs operation, an invasion of Cuba by CIA-trained exiles, is launched. It quickly ends in disaster.
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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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On October 23, 1961, a poll showed that one-fifth of Americans believed World War III was coming soon.
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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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leaders of the U.S. and the Soviet Union engaged in a tense, 13-day political and military standoff in October 1962 over the installation of nuclear-armed Soviet missiles on Cuba, just 90 miles from U.S. shores.
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In 1963, a direct telegraph line was built that allowed leaders from both countries to send messages to each other quickly. In the same year, the United States, the Soviet Union, and more than 100 other nations signed a treaty that banned the testing of nuclear weapons, except underground.
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The argument was settled and each country removed their missiles
