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Oct 25, 2022

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

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

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”...

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

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

New Yorkers Support President on Cuba but Wonder if It’s “Too Late”

Oct. 23, 1962 - The reaction of New Yorkers today to President Kennedy’s speech last night was a combination of “It’s about time we took...

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

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...