1960s Timeline

🚨Cuban Crisis Appears Over as JFK and Khrushchev Reach Agreement

Nixon Backs JFK on Cuba

White House: Cuba Crisis “Escalating”

Pickets and Counter-Pickets in Front of White House

Oct. 27, 1962 - Pierre Salinger Press Briefing on Cuban Missile Crisis

U-2 Reconnaissance Plane Down in Cuba

U.S. Officials: Construction of Soviet Missile Bases Continues in Cuba

Indian Ambassador: JFK “Looks Wonderful, Relaxed”

Oct. 26, 1962 - Phone Call: JFK and State Dept. Press Spokesman Lincoln White

Army Moves Anti-Aircraft Missiles Into Key West

Oct. 26, 1962 - Pierre Salinger Press Statement on Cuban Missile Crisis

Tensions Cool Slightly in Cuba Crisis

U.S. Continues to Search Soviet Ships

Stevenson Confronts Soviet Representative at Stormy U.N. Session

Truman Pauses Campaigning

Oct. 25, 1962 - Adlai Stevenson Confronts Soviet Ambassador at U.N. During Cuban Missile Crisis

U.S. to Soviets: Get Missiles Out of Cuba

U.S. Intercepts First Soviet Ship

Oct. 24, 1962 - CBS-TV Special Report on Cuban Missile Crisis

Life Stays Mostly Normal in NYC Amidst Cuban Crisis