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The Americans find out that the Cubans have Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles.
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The Cuban Missile crisis lasted for 13 days.
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Kennedy decides how to assess the situation.
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Kennedy meets with S.U. To tell him to get rid of the missisles. S.U. Denies presence of any missiles in Cuba.
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JFK goes to secretary of defense, Robert McNamera and others to talk about military options.
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Kennedy returns to Washington to discuss discovery of more missiles.
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Kennedy issues a naval blockade asap and is approved.
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Kennedy addresses public that we are in DEFCON 3.
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Cuba is quarantined, Soviet missiles ready to fire, Kennedy and McNamara discuss options for confrontation.
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Soviet S reach quarantine lines, Moscow halts further movement. McNamara talks of a very dangerous situation because of Soviet advance. US in DEFCON 2, highest DEFCON rating in American history.
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Adlai Stevenson tries to communicate with Soviets, they refuse to talk. US forces closing in.
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EX-COMM receives letter from Khrushchev saying that they will remove the missiles if e US stops closing in, missile site construction is continuing and accelerating.
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U2 plane heads towards Russia, while another is shot down in Cuba. Khrushchev states that the US should also remove its missiles from Turkey.
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Radio in Moscow says crisis is over. Khrushchev removes ICBMs from Cuba. US keeps quarantine around Cuba for another month after the crisis.
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