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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”...

Oct 24, 2022

Khrushchev Suggests Summit

Oct. 24, 1962 - Premier Khrushchev suggested today a summit meeting to avert the danger of thermonuclear war with the U.S. over the Cuban...

Oct 24, 2022

Some Cuba-Bound Soviet Ships Change Course

Oct. 24, 1962 - The blockade to prevent any more offensive weapons from reaching Cuba went into effect at 10 o’clock this morning. The...

Oct 23, 2022

🚨Twenty-Five Soviet Merchant Ships Continue Path to Cuba

Oct. 23, 1962 - United States patrol planes have spotted 25 Soviet merchant ships on the way to Cuba, their courses unchanged in the last...

Oct 23, 2022

Blockade of Cuba Goes into Effect Tomorrow at 10 A.M.

Oct. 23, 1962 - The U.S. blockade against ships delivering offensive weapons to Cuba will go into effect tomorrow at 10 a.m. EST....

Oct 23, 2022

Kennedy Administration Sees Soviets as “Caught Off Guard”

Oct. 23, 1962 - The Kennedy Administration believes its blockade of Cuba caught Moscow off guard and interrupted a well-mapped Soviet...

Oct 23, 2022

Oct. 23, 1962 - New Yorkers Interviewed During Cuban Missile Crisis

Oct. 23, 1962 - New York City residents react to President Kennedy's speech last night revealing the presence of Soviet missiles in...

Oct 23, 2022

Strengthening of U.S. Military Bases in South Florida Continues

Oct. 23, 1962 - The strengthening of U.S. military bases continued today in Key West, Fla. (pictured), and elsewhere through the Florida...

Oct 23, 2022

Castro Talks Tough

Oct. 23, 1962 - Premier Fidel Castro said today that the U.S. blockade of Cuba was the act of a pirate and declared that anyone who tried...

Oct 23, 2022

High-Powered Aerial Reconnaissance Spotted Missile Bases in Cuba

Oct. 23, 1962 - Behind the decision to impose a blockade on Cuba lies a clandestine program of aerial reconnaissance in which...

Oct 23, 2022

U.S. Officials: Soviets Have Not Decided Course of Action on Cuba

Oct. 23, 1962 - The Soviet Union challenged today the right of the U.S. to impose a quarantine on the shipment of weapons of any type to...

Oct 23, 2022

Ike: Nation Must Back JFK in Crisis

Oct. 23, 1962 - Dwight D. Eisenhower called on all Americans today to assist President Kennedy in the present crisis. He said: “As in all...

Oct 23, 2022

Castro Mobilizes Cuban Military

Oct. 23, 1962 - All of Cuba’s military forces have been mobilized as a result “of the news from the United States,” the Havana radio said...

Oct 22, 2022

Governor Rockefeller Extols “Vigor” of JFK Speech

Oct. 22, 1962 - Governor Nelson Rockefeller announced tonight that he had summoned the New York State Defense Council and the Civil...

Oct 22, 2022

President and Vice President Will Cease Political Campaigning for Duration of ’62 Race

Oct. 22, 1962 - The White House announced tonight that President Kennedy and Vice President Johnson would make no further political...

Oct 22, 2022

Naval Blockade of Cuba In Process

Oct. 22, 1962 - American ships and planes began preparing tonight to impose a blockade of Cuba. U.S. forces are under orders to thwart...

Oct 22, 2022

World on the Brink: Cold War Crisis Hinges on Soviet Missiles in Cuba

Oct. 22, 1962 - This is the official interpretation of President Kennedy’s speech tonight, and orders to American forces bear the...

Oct 22, 2022

Oct. 22, 1962 - JFK Address During Cuban Missile Crisis

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Oct 22, 2022

🚨JFK Imposes “Quarantine” on Cuba to Block Delivery of Soviet Missiles

Oct. 22, 1962 - President Kennedy imposed a naval and air “quarantine” tonight on the shipment of offensive military equipment to Cuba....

Oct 22, 2022

Oct. 22, 1962 - Recorded Telephone Call Between JFK and Eisenhower During Cuban Missile Crisis

Oct. 22, 1962 - Here is a recording of a telephone call today between President Kennedy and former President Dwight D. Eisenhower...