Cuban Missile Crisis By acar8510 1959 Fidel Castro takes power 1960 Soviet Union and Cuba become Allies 1960 Castro Nationalizes Property 1961 Bay of Pigs Oct 15, 1962 Discovery of Missiles in Cyba Oct 24, 1962 Khrushchev refuses to remove the missiles from Cuba Oct 25, 1962 Kennedy orders increased flights over to Cuba Oct 28, 1962 Khrushchev agrees to remove the missiles