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Fidel gets power
On this day, January 1st, Fidel gets power of Cuba -
Cuba allies with Russia
Cuba openly agrees to follow Russia and its policies. -
Bay of Pigs
The United States backs a group of Cuban rebel to invade Cuba and trigger a nation wide rebellion completely failed -
Soviet missiles
The senate was alerted that the Soviets moved nuclear missiles into Cuba -
U-2 gets pictures
An American U-2 plane flies over Cuba and gets pictures of the missile sights -
Start of the 13 days
Period of time which the United States and Soviet Union are the closest to nuclear war. -
Defensive purposes
Soviet congressman, Andrei Gromyko, states that the missiles are just for defensive structure of the country -
DEFCON 3
United States shows congressional figures the photographic evidence of the missile sights and automatically go into DEFCON 3 -
Soviet ships
Soviet ships going towards Cuba turned around and when back to the Soviet Union -
The letter
Nikita Khrushchev send a letter to president Kennedy that says they will remove the missiles from Cuba if he says he won't invade Cuba -
U-2 shot down
An American U-2 plane was shot down over Cuba, killing the pilot. -
Another U-2
Another American U-2 flying over Alaska gets close to Soviet airspace and was almost shot down. The same day Kennedy sends a letter to the Soviet Union that says the United States will not invade Cuba if the Soviet Union takes the missiles out of Cuba. -
End of the 13 days
Nikita Khrushchev announces that he will remove the missiles from Cuba. -
United States removes missiles
The United States agreed to remove their missiles from Turkey if the missiles in Cuba were removed. Both nations accepted and missile sites in Cuba and Turkey were both removed.
