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An American U-2 spy plane flown by Richard Heyser discovered missile being made just 90 miles from Florida. The missiles were mid-range. Nikita Khrushchev had asked Fidel Castro if he could but them there in May of the same year.
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The 13 sleepless days in October of 1962
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The Ex-Comm, a group of well respected politicians, met to discuss their approach to get rid of the missiles. This group of men hardly came to agreements.
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New photographs are taken which show longer range missiles. These missiles are capable of traveling 2,200 miles. These missiles could travel from Cuba, all the way to Canada, easily.
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Attorney General Robert Kennedy keeps a previously scheduled meeting with Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko, but does not mention the missiles. Gromyko tells Kennedy that the Soviet Union is merely providing agricultural assistance and defensive missiles to Cuba.
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The Ex-Comm decides to quarintine Cuba, but they don't consider it a quarintine because a quarintine is considered an act of war. This is somewhat of a blockade.
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John F. Kennedy fakes having a cold so he can return to Washington D.C. to meet with the Ex-Comm and discuss the crisis.
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JFK's attourney, Ted Sorenson writes a speech for JFK regarding the Cuban's missiles. This would be the first time Americans heard about the situation.
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John F. Kennedy goes on live TV to shock Americans by saying the Cubans have dangerous missiles.
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The Russians threaten to sink American ships surrounding Cuba. They use submarines to do this so it is a little scarier than a regular ship.
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Nikita Khrushchev says that he will not take the missiles out of Cuba. He also says that John F. Kennedy is putting the world at risk of nuclear war because of his order for a quarintine of Cuba.
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JFK orders America to increase security. He raises 1 flight over Cuba a day, to 2 flights over Cuba per day.
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The Ex-Comm discusses maybe invading Cuba. They think this because the Soviets keep refusing to take the missiles out of Cuba. The only problem is, is that if we invade, we will probably end up going to war.
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JFK promises to not invade Cuba if Khrushchev takes his missiles away. JFK also agrees, secretly, that he will take his missiles out of Turkey. The world waits to see if Khrushchev agrees to the deal and takes the missiles out of Cuba.
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An American pilot accidently flies off course into Soviet air space. He is quickly rescued by another American plane before he is shot down by the Soviets.
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Nikita Khrushchev says on Radio Moscow that he has agreed to JFK's terms and will take the missiles out of Cuba. The Cuban Missile Crisis has ended.
