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Fidel Castro assumes power after the Cuban Revolution
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Cuba alignment with the Soviet Union.
Cuba openly aligns itself with the Soviet Union and their policies. -
The U.S. terminates diplomatic relations
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"The Bay of Pigs"
A group of Cuban exiles, backed by the US, invades Cuba at the Bay of Pigs in a failed attempt to trigger an anti-Castro rebellion. -
Summit Talks
Khrushchev and Kennedy hold summit talks in Vienna regarding the Cuban Missile Crisis -
Evidence of Soviet missile installations in Cuba
Senator Kenneth Keating tells the Senate that there is evidence of Soviet missile installations in Cuba. -
Soviet's began building ballistic missiles in Cuba
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Soviet Warning To US
Soviet Foreign Minister, Andrei Gromyko, warns that an American attack on Cuba could mean war with the Soviet Union -
US spy plane discovered the Soviet's missiles in Cuba
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U-2 obtains photographs of missile sites
A U-2 flying over western Cuba obtains photographs of missile sites -
US puts a naval blockade on Cuba
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JFK Sends Letter To Khrushchev
JFK sends a letter to Khrushchev placing the responsibility for the crisis on the Soviet Union -
Krushchev Sends Letter To Kennedy
Khrushchev sends a letter to President Kennedy proposing to remove his missiles if Kennedy publicly announces never to invade Cuba -
Soviet's agree to dismantle and stop building missiles in Cuba
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End Of Missile Crisis
Khrushchev announces over Radio Moscow that he has agreed to remove the missiles from Cuba.
The US agrees to the withdrawal of US nuclear missiles from Turkey.
