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After a six-year long revolution President Fulgencio Batista flees Cuba and Fidel Castro assumes power after proclaiming victory in Santiago.
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Cuba declares Fidel Castro to be the new premier and president.
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Turkey and the United States agree to deploy fifteen nuclear-tipped Jupiter missiles in Turkey starting on June 1, 1961. Turkey is member of NATO and shares a border with the Soviet Union.
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During his trip to Cuba Soviet First Deputy Prime Minister Anastas Mikoyan negotiates economic and trade agreements that help Fidel Castro to deccrease Cuba's economic dependence on the United States.
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The Soviet Union and Cuba establish diplomatic relations.
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The United States ends its foreign aid program to Cuba.
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The United States stops the import of Cuban sugar, effectively cutting off 80 percent of Cuban exports to the United States
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The U.S. plans to assassinate Fidel Castro by poisoning a box of Castro's favorite cigars.
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The confrontation ended on October 28, 1962,[7] when Kennedy and United Nations Secretary-General U Thant reached an agreement with Khrushchev. Publicly, the Soviets would dismantle their offensive weapons in Cuba and return them to the Soviet Union, subject to United Nations verification, in exchange for a US public declaration and agreement never to invade Cuba.
