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Cuban Missile Crisis
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Allies First Form Between Cuba and Soviets
Cuba and Soviets first relations came mainly from the Cuban Revolution. -
Fidel Castro was now Cuba's Leader
In 1959, Fidel Castro is put to power to raise a communist government within Cuba. -
The Bay of Pigs
The Bay of Pigs invasion was a failed military invasion by the CIA to topple the communist government of Fidel Castro. The attack completely failed. -
U2 Spyplane discovers missiles in Cuba
Air Force Pilot Richard Heyser flies a spyplane over Cuba and takes pictures of Russian medium-range missiles. Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev has asked Cuba President Fidel Castro if he could put them there in May. -
Ex-Comm has it's First Meeting
Ex-Comm, a group of American political leaders, meets for the first time to discuss the Soviet missiles. Ex-Comm would meet several times throughout the crisis and the members rarely agreed on what to do. -
Ex-Comm Talks About Quarantining Cuba
Ex-Comm meets and talks about sending U.S. ships to Cuba to prevent Soviet ships from reaching the island. They are careful to call it a quarantine because a blockade is an act of war. -
Robert Kennedy gives Ex-Comm's recommendation to the president.
After meeting all day the previous day, Robert Kennedy tells the president that Ex-Comm recommends a quarantine. President Kennedy was in Chicago, but lies about having a cold so that he can return to Washington to deal with the crisis. -
Important Speech for President Kenedy
Ted Sorenson, writes the speech that Kennedy will give to the nation. Informing Americans that the Soviets have missiles in Cuba that are pointed at the U.S. will be an important moment in American history and one of the most frightening speech as president ever gives. -
Kenedy Presents Speech to Public Over TV
President Kennedy gives a speech that is carried live on television stations across the country to inform Americans that missiles have been discovered in Cuba. He tells Americans that he has ordered a Navy quarantine around Cuba and orders the Soviets to remove the missiles. -
Soviet ships on their way to Cuba are stopped.
Khrushchev orders Soviet ships on their way to Cuba to stop in the Atlantic about 750 miles away. This prevents a confrontation with U.S. ships that are around Cuba, although Soviet submarines trailed behind the U.S. ships as they moved into place. -
The U.S. begins discussions about invading Cuba.
Worried that the Soviets may not remove the missiles from Cuba, Ex-Comm begins to discuss plans to invade Cuba and take control of the missiles. Although doing this would most likely result in war. -
President Kennedy agrees to not invade Cuba.
After Khrushchev says that he will remove the missiles from Cuba if Kennedy promises not to invade Cuba, Kennedy agrees to the proposal. He also secretly agrees to remove U.S. missiles from Turkey. -
Khrushchev agrees to remove the missiles.
Khrushchev gives a speech on Radio Moscow and says that he has agreed to Kennedy's arrangement. The missiles will be removed, Cuba will not be invaded, and the crisis will to an end. -
Castro Visits Moscow
Fidel Castro visits Russia after the Cuban Missile Crisis news cols down and speaks about Soviet agricultureand help for Cuba through it.
