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Revolution
Fidel Castro assumes power after the Cuban Revolution. -
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Cuban Missile Crisis
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Nerve-wracking!
Kennedy sends a letter to Khrushchev laying the responsibility for the crisis on the Soviet Union. EX-COMM discusses a proposal to withdraw U.S. missiles from Turkey in exchange for the withdrawal of Soviet missiles in Cuba. -
Whew! That Was a CLOSE one!
Khrushchev announces over Radio Moscow that he has agreed to remove the missiles from Cuba.
