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The Cuban Missile Crisis
Major Events
American U2 planes takes pictures of Soviet nuclear missiles located in Cuba
10/14/1962
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Kennedy is advised by staff and military officials to make an air strike
10/14/1962 - 10/17/1962
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Military officials wanted to use an air strike as an assured way to redeem their reputation from the failed Bay of Pigs invasion
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USSR Foreign Minister Gromyko & Kennedy meet
10/18/1962
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Andrei Gromyko assures that Soviet aid to Cuba is purely defensive and is not a threat to the U.S.
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Naval Blockade Starts & Kennedy addresses the public
10/22/1962
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Kennedy & Khrushchev
10/23/1962 - 10/27/1962
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U.S. Ambassador Adlai Stevenson & Soviet Ambassador V.A. Zorin square off
10/23/1962
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Discuss each side's position in front of the U.N. Security Council
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American U2 plane is shot down over Cuba
10/27/1962
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Major Rudolf Anderson was the only casualty of the crisis
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An agreement is reached between the U.S. & the Soviet Union
10/28/1962
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The Soviet Union agreed to remove the missiles from Cuba if the U.S. would eventually remove their missiles from Turkey
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