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Kennedy holds a meeting with advisors to discuss what actions should be taken against Cuba.
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Intermediate-range nuclear missiles are discovered.
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Kennedy and Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko meet.
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Kennedy leaves for a scheduled campaign trip to Ohio and Illinois. His advisers continue the debate over the necessary and appropriate course of action.
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Kennedy met with EX-COMM to discuss the speeches he was to give and the idea of a blockade of Cuba.
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Kennedy decides to quarantine Cuba.
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Kennedy tells the public about the missile sites in Cuba in a televised speech.
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Kennedy receives a letter from Khrushchev.
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Khrushchev replies to President Kennedy's October 23 letter.
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The Bucharest, carrying only petroleum products, is allowed through the quarantine line. U.N. Secretary General U Thant calls for a cooling off period, which is rejected by Kennedy because it would leave the missiles in place.
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Khrushchev sends Kennedy another letter proposing to remove Soviet missiles if he publicly announced to never invade Cuba.
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An American U-2 was down over Cuba, a U-2 flew off course over Russua, and another letter was received from Khrushchev.
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Khrushchev announces that all missiles will be removed from Cuba.
