Cuban Missile Crisis By facebooker_2125056867814378 Apr 19, 1961 Bay of Pigs Invasion Oct 15, 1962 U-2 spy plane finds missiles in Cuba Oct 16, 1962 Kennedy learns about the Missiles Oct 17, 1962 Troops build up on the Southeast Oct 18, 1964 Russian Foreign Minister meets Kennedy Oct 19, 1964 Midwestern Meeting Oct 20, 1964 Kennedy orders a "quarantine" of Cuba Oct 21, 1964 Sweeney doesn't guarantee 100 percent destruction of the missiles Oct 22, 1964 public informed about about blockade Oct 23, 1964 OAS supports quarantine Organization of American States Oct 24, 1964 Khrushchev denounces the quarantine Oct 25, 1964 Stevenson shows evidence of missiles in Cuba to UN Oct 26, 1964 US army forces prepares for war Oct 27, 1964 Black Saturday Kruschev gives a new deal to kennedy Oct 28, 1964 USSR announces to remove missiles