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USA Air Force operated U-2 aircraft sent to scan Cuban land and discover what was being planned.
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President Kennedy recieves visit from the Soviet Foreign Minister, Andrei Gromyko.
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President JFK meets with the secretary of defense, Robert McNamara, in order to discuss military options.
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USA decides on a naval blockade of Cuba
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the OAS (Organization fo American States) supports decision to quaratine Cuba.
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Letter from Khrushchev to JFK.
"navigation in international waters and air space" constituted "an act of aggression propelling human kind into the abyss of a world nuclear-missile war". -
Soviet ship attacks American U-2 aircraft.
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A letter from the Soviet Union is received by the United States, urging the removal of their missiles from Turkey
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Crisis ended. Kennedy and UN Secretary General reached and agreement with Khrushchev.
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JFK allows the end of the quaratine when Khrushcehv agrees to remove nuclear bombers from Cuba.