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President Fulgencio Batista flees Cuba and Castro assumes power
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US deploys fifteen nuclear missiles to Turkey who is NATO member and borders Soviet Union
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Soviet Union supports Cuba in dispute with US over Guatanamo Bay Military Base
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US plans to assassinate Fidel Castro
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1400 Cuban exiles launched attack at the Bay of Pigs on the South Coast of Cuba
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US in "missile gap" with Russia, by Deputy Secretary of Defense Gilpatric. Stated US is dangerously behind Soviet Union in its nucular capabilities
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President Kennedy plans overthrow of Cuban government
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Overthro Communist regime
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US missiles in Turkey become operational
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Cuba accepts deployment of nuclear weapons from Soviet union officials
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US learns of movement of cargo ships from the Black and Baltic seas to Cuba
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US puts Naval blockade to Cuba against Soviet Union to prevent them from bringing in more military suppliles
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