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Fog Over Washington: The Morning the Cuban Missile Crisis Began (October 16, 1962)

On 16 October 1962, the Cuban Missile Crisis begins. President Kennedy assembles his advisors in EXCOMM to find an adequate ...

This Day in History: The Cuban Missile Crisis came to an end starting on Oct. 28, 1962

MONROE, La. (KNOE) - In October 1962, the United States and the Soviet Union were at a stand-off for 13 days. U.S. spy planes had discovered construction of Soviet nuclear missile sites in Cuba. The U ...