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Fidel Castro
Fidel Castro assumes power after the Cuban Revolution -
Cuba and Soviet Union
Cuba openly aligned itself with soviet union and its policy -
The Bay of Pigs
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
Senator Kenneth Keating tells the Senate that there is evidence of Soviet missile installations in Cuba -
U-2 over cuba
A U-2 flying over western Cuba obtains photographs of missile sites -
Khrushchev's Letter
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
JFK sends a letter to Khrushchev placing the responsibility for the crisis on the Soviet Union -
Promise to remove missles
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
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
Khrushchev announces over Radio Moscow that he has agreed to remove the missiles from Cuba.End of Cuban Missle Crisis
