Cuban Missile Crisis

u2 plane gets pictures of nuclear weapons in Cuba

Oct 14, 1962

U2 spy plane gets pictures of nuclear weapons based in Cuba and Soviet bases being built in Cuba

Cuban Missile Crisis

Period: Oct 14, 1962 to Oct 28, 1962

Start of the Cuban Missile Crisis

Oct 15, 1962

The date of Oct,15 1962 marks the official star of the Cuban Missile Crisis

Blockade set up around Cuba

Oct 17, 1962

President Kennedy stes up his blockade around Cuba

Ltter wrote to Pres. Kennedy

Oct 24, 1962

Nikita Kruskev writes a leeter to Pres. Kennedy stating that his blockade is a act that could result in nuclear war

u2 plane shot down by soviets

Oct 27, 1962

a U2 spy plane gets shot down by Soviet Missile crew over Cuba

Agreement met between Kruschev and Kennedy

Oct 28, 1962

Kennedy and Kruschev meet an agreement to withdraw nuclar weapons in cuba and Turkey. Signed a treaty.