Kennedy
Khrushchev
U.S. - Soviet Relations
U.S.-Castro Relations and Cuban-Soviet Friendship
These factors led to the placement of Soviet missiles in
Cuba.
The Crisis Begins
Monday, October 15
Tuesday, October 16
Soviet Denial
Wednesday, October 17 to Saturday, October 20
Saturday, October 20
Sunday, October 21
The Public Phase
Monday, October 22
Tuesday, October 23
Wednesday, October 24
Thursday, October 25
Friday, October 26
Saturday, October 27
Sunday, October 28
Cuban Missile Crisis
"Nuclear catastrophe was hanging by a thread ... and we weren't counting days or hours, but minutes."
Soviet General and Army Chief of Operations, Anatoly Gribkov