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Day 1: Cuban Missile Crisis
The start of the Cuban Missile Crisis. -
Period: to
13 Days
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Day 2: U-2 photos give info
Military moves to the Southeast due to photos from a U-2 plane involving additional sites. -
Day 3: Gromyko's opinion
Minister Andrei Gromyko believes that Soviet aid to Cuba is purely defensive and is not a threat to the United States. -
Day 4: First meeting
JFK's advisors continue the debate of necessary actions that need to be taken to stop the Cuban Missile Crisis. -
Day 5: Quarantine plan
JFK and his top advisors decide on the quarantine and plan to develop naval units to begin. -
Day 6: Air strikes
Tactical air command tells JFK that an air strike could not guarantee 100% destruction of missiles. -
Day 7: Daily meetings
Kennedy establishes the Executive Committee of the National Security Council and has them meet daily during the crisis. -
Day 8: Naval fleets move
The ships of the naval quarantine fleet move into place around Cuba. Soviet submarines threaten the quarantine by moving into the Caribbean area. -
Day 9: The response
Chairman Khrushchev responds to Kennedy's letter. -
Day 10: The return letter
Knowing that some missiles in Cuba were now operational, the president drafts a letter to Premier Khrushchev, wanting him to change the events that are supposed to be occurring. -
Day 11: First strike
In a private letter, Fidel Castro wants Nikita Khrushchev to initiate a nuclear first strike against the United States in the event of an American invasion of Cuba. -
Day 12: U-2 plane down
Over Cuba, An American U-2 plane is shot down by a Soviet-supplied surface-to-air missile and the pilot, Major Rudolph Anderson, is killed. -
Day 13: The end of it all
Cuban missile crisis ends.
