Cuban Missile Crisis

Fidel Castro

Jan 1, 1959

Fidel Castro assumes power after the Cuban Revolution

Cuba and Soviet Union

Dec 19, 1960

Cuba openly aligned itself with soviet union and its policy

The Bay of Pigs

Apr 17, 1961

A group of Cuban exiles, backed by the US, invades Cuba at the Bay of Pigs in a failed attempt to trigger an anti-Castro rebellion

Evidence of Soviet Missile in Cuba

Aug 31, 1962

Senator Kenneth Keating tells the Senate that there is evidence of Soviet missile installations in Cuba

U-2 over cuba

Oct 14, 1962

A U-2 flying over western Cuba obtains photographs of missile sites

Khrushchev's Letter

Oct 23, 1962

Kennedy receives a letter from Khrushchev in which Khrushchev states that there is a, "serious threat to peace and security of peoples." Robert Kennedy speaks with Ambassador Dobrynin

Responsiblility on Soviet Union

Oct 25, 1962

JFK sends a letter to Khrushchev placing the responsibility for the crisis on the Soviet Union

Promise to remove missles

Oct 26, 1962

Khrushchev sends a letter to President Kennedy proposing to remove his missiles if Kennedy publicly announces never to invade Cuba

Kennedy promises to not invade Cuba

Oct 27, 1962

Kennedy sends Khrushchev a letter stating that he will make a statement that the U.S. will not invade Cuba if Khrushchev removes the missiles from Cuba

Radio Moscow/End of Cuban Missile crisis

Oct 28, 1962

Khrushchev announces over Radio Moscow that he has agreed to remove the missiles from Cuba.End of Cuban Missle Crisis