Cuban Missile Crisis

Chile becomes independent

Feb 12, 1818

War of the Pacific

Period: Feb 14, 1879 to Oct 20, 1883

Arturo Alessandri elected

Mar 20, 1925

As Chilean president; closer relations to the U.S.S.R. than the U.S.A..

Chile accpted into the United Nations

Oct 24, 1945

Gabriel González Videla elected

Nov 3, 1946

President of Cuba; communist party member.

Dwight D. Eisenhower in office

Period: Jan 20, 1953 to Jan 20, 1961

U.S. president, came up with the plan for the Bay of Pigs invasion of Cub (1961).

Fidel Castro comes to power in Cuba

Jan 8, 1959

26th of July Movement

Jul 26, 1959

Fidel Castro overthrew Fulgencio Baptista from government.

John F. Kennedy in office

Period: Jan 20, 1961 to Nov 22, 1963

Bay of Pigs invasion

Apr 17, 1961

Under Operation Mongoose.

American U-2 spy plane spots missiles in Cuba

Aug 14, 1962

Images confirm the pressence of nuclear weapons in Cuba

Aug 15, 1962

Images confimed under the supervision of the CIA.

United States imposed a quarantine on Cuba

Aug 22, 1962

United Nations Security Council Meeting

Aug 23, 1962

UN meets to discuss how to proceed now the conflict has escalated, the world is at the brink of war and the threat of mutual nuclear destruction is iminent.