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Defense Intelligence Agency orders Air Force-operated U-2 aircraft to scan suspected soviet missle sites in Cuba.
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President John. F Kennedy is notified that aerial photography confirms the presence of soviet ballistic missles capable of carrying nuclear payload in western Cuba.
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In a national televised adress, President Kennedy announces the discovery of the missiles.
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US Ambassador to the United Nations (UN) Adlai Stevenson confronts Soviet Ambassador Valerian Zorin in an emergency meeting of the Security Council. Reveals to the world aerial photography of the missles.
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President Khrushchev anounces on Radio Moscow that the soviet goverment will stop further work at the missle sites and withdraw the weapons from Cuba.
