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Cuba alies itself with the soviet union and adopts their policies.
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Khrushchev and Kennedy hold summit in Vienna talks regarding the placement and armament of missiles in Cuba.
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Senator Kenneth Keating alerts the Senate that there is evidence of Soviet missile being installed in Cuba
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A U-2 flying over west Cuba obtains photographs of the missile site.
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The Joint Chiefs of Staff strongly advise President Kennedy to make an air strike against Cuba.
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congress is shown the photographic evidence of the Soviet missile Cuban installations and the President addresses the nation regarding the Cuban crisis
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U.S. military forces go to DEFCON 3
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Kennedy receives a letter from Khrushchev in which Khrushchev states that there is a, "serious threat to peace and security of peoples." Robert Kennedy then speaks with Ambassador Dobrynin for clarification.
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Soviet ships on route to Cuba, reverse their course from threat of attack from the US except for one. US Military forces go to DEFCON 2
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JFK sends a letter to Khrushchev placing the responsibility for the crisis on the Soviet Union
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Khrushchev sends a letter to President Kennedy proposing to remove his missiles if Kennedy publicly announces never to invade Cuba
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An American U-2 is shot down over Cuba killing the pilot, Major Rudolf Anderson
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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
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Khrushchev announces over Radio Moscow that he has agreed to remove the missiles from Cuba
In return the US agrees to the withdrawal of US nuclear missiles from Turkey ending the Cuban Missile Crisis
