USA Air Force operated U-2 aircraft sent to scan Cuban land and discover what was being planned.
President Kennedy recieves visit from the Soviet Foreign Minister, Andrei Gromyko.
President JFK meets with the secretary of defense, Robert McNamara, in order to discuss military options.
USA decides on a naval blockade of Cuba
the OAS (Organization fo American States) supports decision to quaratine Cuba.
Letter from Khrushchev to JFK.
"navigation in international waters and air space" constituted "an act of aggression propelling human kind into the abyss of a world nuclear-missile war".
Soviet ship attacks American U-2 aircraft.
A letter from the Soviet Union is received by the United States, urging the removal of their missiles from Turkey
Crisis ended. Kennedy and UN Secretary General reached and agreement with Khrushchev.
JFK allows the end of the quaratine when Khrushcehv agrees to remove nuclear bombers from Cuba.
