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Fidel Castro takes control of Cuba
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The CIA (Central Intelligience Agency) began training those who opposed Castro for an assualt on the nation.
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The CIA and 1400 Cuban refugees landed in the Bay of pigs. They were overwhelmed and many of them were captured. The U.S. then had to pay a ransom of $53 million in food and medicine to the Cuban government.
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The government confirms that Cuba had missiles and there was a possibility that they could bomb the United States.
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President Kennedy tells the President of the Soviet Union to remove the missiles from Cuba.
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The Soviet Union President finally agrees to stop sending missiles to Cuba.