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cuba
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The beginning
Fidel Castro takes control of Cuba -
1960
1960
1 Jan 1960 By 1960, President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s second term was ending, but the Cold War continued. The election of 1960 meant that U.S. citizens would have to choose a new leader to help the country navigate through the growing tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union and its communist allies. -
The Bay of Pigs
The CIA and 1400 Cuban refugees landed in the Bay of pigs. They were overwhelmed and many of them were captured. The U.S. then had to pay a ransom of $53 million in food and medicine to the Cuban government. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
The government confirms that Cuba had missiles and there was a possibility that they could bomb the United States. -
President Kennedy's Request
President Kennedy tells the President of the Soviet Union to remove the missiles from Cuba. -
Agreement
The Soviet Union President finally agrees to stop sending missiles to Cuba.
