1962 ⟶ Cuban Missile Crisis
Cuban Missile Crisis: the Soviets have secretly been install...
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1962
🧱 Berlin Crisis Intensifies
The Berlin Crisis intensifies, according to General Lucius D. Clay⟶
BerlinCold WarCrisisGermanySoviet UnionUSBlockadeTensions
🤝 US Severes Diplomatic Relations with Cuba
President Eisenhower severs diplomatic relations with Cuba.⟶
CubaUSDiplomacyCold WarPoliticsForeign Relations
🇺🇸 John F. Kennedy Becomes US President
John F. Kennedy becomes President of the United States.⟶
USKennedyPresidentPoliticsCold WarLeadership
☢️ Jupiter Missile Deployment to Turkey
Jupiter IRBM deployment to Turkey begins, joining the Jupiters deployed to Italy as well as the Thor IRBMs deployed to the UK as nuclear missiles placed within striking distance of Moscow.⟶
Cold Warnuclear weaponsmissile deploymentTurkeyUSUSSRnuclear arms raceIRBM
📜 Foreign Assistance Act Signed
John F. Kennedy signs the Foreign Assistance Act.⟶
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☢️ Cuban Missile Crisis
Cuban Missile Crisis: the Soviets have secretly been installing military bases, including nuclear weapons, on Cuba, some 90 miles from the US mainland. Kennedy orders a "quarantine" (a naval blockade) of the island that intensifies the crisis and brings the US and the USSR to the brink of nuclear war. In the end, both sides reach a compromise. The Soviets back down and agree to withdraw their nuclear missiles from Cuba, in exchange for a secret agreement by Kennedy pledging to withdraw similar American missiles from Turkey and Italy, and guaranteeing that the US will not move against the Castro regime.⟶
Cuban Missile CrisisCubaUSSRUSNuclear WeaponsCold WarBlockadeBrinkmanshipKennedyKhrushchev