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Fidel Castro assumes power
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Cuban missile crisis
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Cuba alligns itself with Soviet Union
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U.S. terminates diplomatic relations with Cuba
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Bay of Pigs
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Khrushchev and Kennedy hold summit in Vienna
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President Kennedy pledges that U.S.will not interfere militarily in Cuba
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CIA Director John McCone sends a memo to Kennedy that Soviet missiles will be deployed in Cuba
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Soviet foreign minister warns U.S. that an attack on Cuba would mean war with Soviet Union
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A U-2 flying over western Cuba discovers missile sites
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At the Ex- Comm meeting Kennedy and his advisors discuss possible course of action
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Congress leaders meet with Kennedy,U.S. base at Guantanamo Bay is reinforced by Marin
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The Organisation of American States approves of a quarantine line between U.S.and Cuba. A naval quarantine line is set up 800 miles off the coast of Cuba
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Soviet ships en route to Cuba with questionable cargo either slow down or reverse their course except for one.
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EX-COMM discusses a proposal to remove missiles from Turkey in return of removal of Soviet missiles from Cuba
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Kennedy writes 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.
