JFK and Democrats May Gain from Cuban Crisis
Oct. 28, 1962 - President Kennedy and the Democratic party have probably gained a political windfall as a result of Premier Khrushchev’s...
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Oct 28, 2022
Castro Continues Tantrum Over Guantanamo
Oct. 28, 1962 - Premier Fidel Castro demanded today that the U.S. evacuate its naval base at Guantanamo Bay. This was taken in Washington...
Oct 28, 2022
U.S. Plane Wanders Over Soviet Territory, JFK “Regrets” Incident
Oct. 28, 1962 - A U.S. plane flew over Soviet Far Eastern territory today, but both President Kennedy and Premier Khrushchev sought to...
Oct 28, 2022
🚨Cuban Crisis Appears Over as JFK and Khrushchev Reach Agreement
Oct. 28, 1962 - President Kennedy and Premier Khrushchev reached apparent agreement today on a formula to end the crisis over Cuba and to...
Oct 27, 2022
Nixon Backs JFK on Cuba
Oct. 27, 1962 - Richard M. Nixon (pictured with Fidel Castro in 1959) fully endorsed President Kennedy’s “strong action” on Cuba tonight....
Oct 27, 2022
White House: Cuba Crisis “Escalating”
Oct. 27, 1962 - President Kennedy revealed tonight that Premier Khrushchev had offered an acceptable solution to the Cuban crisis and...
Oct 27, 2022
Pickets and Counter-Pickets in Front of White House
Oct. 27, 1962 - Pickets and counter-pickets paraded before the White House today urging President Kennedy to get tougher with Cuba and,...
Oct 27, 2022
U-2 Reconnaissance Plane Down in Cuba
Oct. 27, 1962 - A U-2 reconnaissance plane is missing and presumed lost over Cuba. Other unarmed planes on surveillance missions over...
Oct 26, 2022
U.S. Officials: Construction of Soviet Missile Bases Continues in Cuba
Oct. 26, 1962 - The White House made public tonight a new intelligence report showing that construction of Soviet missile bases in Cuba...
Oct 26, 2022
Indian Ambassador: JFK “Looks Wonderful, Relaxed”
Oct. 26, 1962 - President Kennedy “looks wonderful” and “very relaxed” under the tensions of the Cuba crisis, a visitor said today. The...
Oct 26, 2022
Army Moves Anti-Aircraft Missiles Into Key West
Oct. 26, 1962 - The Army moved anti-aircraft missiles today into Key West, Fla., located just 90 miles north of Havana. Military...
Oct 26, 2022
Tensions Cool Slightly in Cuba Crisis
Oct. 26, 1962 - The Soviet Union agreed today to keep its vessels away from the United States blockade area around Cuba for the time...
Oct 26, 2022
U.S. Continues to Search Soviet Ships
Oct. 26, 1962 - The Navy stopped, boarded, and searched a Soviet-chartered freighter, the Marucia, on the way to Cuba today after...
Oct 25, 2022
Stevenson Confronts Soviet Representative at Stormy U.N. Session
Oct. 25, 1962 - Adlai Stevenson dramatically challenged Valerian A. Zorin in the U.N. Security Council today to deny the U.S. charge that...
Oct 25, 2022
Truman Pauses Campaigning
Oct. 25, 1962 - Former President Harry S. Truman (pictured center in January) canceled today his political campaigning because of the...
Oct 25, 2022
U.S. to Soviets: Get Missiles Out of Cuba
Oct. 25, 1962 - The U.S. held firm today to its demand that the Soviet missile threat in Cuba be dispelled before there is any respite...
Oct 25, 2022
U.S. Intercepts First Soviet Ship
Oct. 25, 1962 - The Defense Department announced today the first interception of a Soviet ship (pictured) in the Cuban blockade. The...
Oct 24, 2022
Oct. 24, 1962 - CBS-TV Special Report on Cuban Missile Crisis
Oct. 24, 1962 - Here is a CBS-TV Special Report on the Cuban Crisis. The host is Walter Cronkite. #JFK #cuba #history #coldwar
Oct 24, 2022
Life Stays Mostly Normal in NYC Amidst Cuban Crisis
Oct. 24, 1962 - The Cuban crisis had no perceptible effect on the shopping or entertainment activities of New Yorkers in the last two...
Oct 24, 2022
U Thant Seeks “Suspension” of Action on Cuba, JFK Says No
Oct. 24, 1962 - U Thant (pictured with President Kennedy last year), Acting Secretary General of the United Nations, addressed “urgent”...
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