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Kennedy orders a U-2 reconnaissance flight over western Cuba which was delayed until the 14th. -
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Senator Keating accuses Cuba of constructing six intermediate-range ballistic missiles. -
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A U-2 flew over Cuba and discovered missile sites. -
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A readout team at the National Photograph Intelligence Center looks over the photos taken during the U-2 flight. -
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McGeorge Bundy tells Kennedy about the missiles in a meeting of a group later called EX-COMM. -
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Kennedy has a meeting with his advisors to discuss the possible courses of action. Kennedy's advisors include Dean Rusk, Dean Acheson, George Ball, Robert McNamara, Douglas Dillon, McGeorge Bundy, Theodore Sorensen, Robert Kennedy, General Maxwell Taylor, General Curtis LeMay, John McCone, Adlai Stevenson, and Kenneth O'Donnell. -
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Kennedy flies to Connecticut. Robert Kennedy and Theodore Sorenson meet him at the airport and fill him in on what he had missed during that day's deliberation. The Air Force strongly argue for an air attack -
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Gromyko and Kennedy meet and Gromyko assures Kennedy that the missiles in Cuba are only for its defense. -
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Kennedy meets with his advisers and orders a defensive quarantine. -
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Kennedy decides to quarantine Cuba for the time being. -
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Congressional leaders meet with Kennedy and show photographic evidence of the Soviet missile installation. Kennedy announces the presence of the missiles in a television speech. The US base in Guatemala is reinforced by Marines. -
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Kennedy orders six Crusader jets to fly a low level reconnaissance mission. US ships had taken possession along the quarantine line. -
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EX-COMM also discusses a proposleto withdraw US missiles in Turkey in exchange for the withdrawal of the missiles in Cuba. Kennedy sends a letter to Khrushchev laying the responsibility for the crisis on the Soviet Union. -
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Kennedy says that he believes that only the quarantine can force the Soviet government to remove the missiles. -
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Khrushchev sends a letter to Kennedy proposing to remove the Cuban missiles if Kennedy publically announced to never invade Cuba. -
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Another letter arrives from Khrushchev proposing a removale of the Soviet missiles in Cuba for the removal of the US missiles in Turkey. Kennedy writes Khrushchev a letter saying that he will announce to never invade Cuba in exchange for the removal of the missiles. -
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Khrushchev announces over Radio Moscow that he has agreed to remove the missiles from Cuba for Soviets owe good.
