Cuban Missile Crisis

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    Cuban Missile Crisis

  • Kennedy confirms reports of supplies arriving in Cuba

    Kennedy confirms reports of supplies arriving in Cuba
    Kennedy confirmed reports of Soviet technicians and supples arriving Cuba.

  • Aerial suveillance reveals missiles in Cuba

    Aerial suveillance reveals missiles in Cuba
    Aerial suveillance reveals missiles in Cuba. This worries the U.S. because Cuba is very close.

  • Kennedy addresses the nation

    Kennedy addresses the nation
    President Kennedy addresses the nation on Soviet thret and announces a quarantine, or blockade, on Cuba.

  • USSR warns U.S.

    USSR warns U.S.
    The USSR warns the U.S. that their actions could lead to a nuclear war.

  • Kennedy accepts proposal to end the crisis

    Kennedy accepts proposal to end the crisis
    Kennedy acceptes Khrushchev's proposal to end the crises: Soviets well remove missiles and United States will end the blockade and promise not to invade Cuba.

  • Khrushchev announces that the wepons will be returned to the Soveit Union

    Khrushchev announces that the wepons will be returned to the Soveit Union
    Khrushchev announces that wepons well be returned to the Soviet Union. This ends the Cuban Missile Crises.