Castro declares support for Khrushchev’s cause against the US.
Cuba openly aligns itself with the Soviet Union and their policies.
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
Khrushchev and Kennedy hold summit talks in Vienna regarding the Cuban Missile Crisis
Senator Kenneth Keating tells the Senate that there is evidence of Soviet missile installations in Cuba
Soviet Foreign Minister, Andrei Gromyko, warns that an American attack on Cuba could mean war with the Soviet Union
A U-2 flying over western Cuba obtains photographs of missile sites
The Joint Chiefs of Staff strongly advise Kennedy to make an air strike ( the discussions are referred to as the EX-COMM's )
Gromyko assures Kennedy that Soviet Cuban aid has been only for the "defensive capabilities of Cuba."
Congressional leaders are shown the photographic evidence of the Soviet missile Cuban installations and the President addresses the nation regarding the Cuban crisis
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
Soviet ships, en route to Cuba, reverse their course except for one.
JFK sends a letter to Khrushchev placing the responsibility for the crisis on the Soviet Union
Khrushchev sends a letter to President Kennedy proposing to remove his missiles if Kennedy publicly announces never to invade Cuba
An American U-2 is shot down over Cuba killing the pilot, Major Rudolf Anderson
A U-2 strays into Soviet airspace, near Alaska, and is nearly intercepted by Soviet fighters
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
Khrushchev announces over Radio Moscow that he has agreed to remove the missiles from Cuba
