Cuban Missile Crisis: Day Fourteen
Cuban Missile Crisis: Day Fourteen But you didn’t see this post coming, did you? Because everyone knows that the crisis only lasted for thirteen days. After… Read More »Cuban Missile Crisis: Day Fourteen
Thirteen Days
Cuban Missile Crisis: Day Twelve
Cuban Missile Crisis: Day Twelve “Thus began the most difficult twenty-four hours of the missile crisis” (71). Saturday, October 27, 1962: A… Read More »Cuban Missile Crisis: Day Twelve
Cuban Missile Crisis: Day Eleven
Cuban Missile Crisis: Day Eleven Friday, October 26, 1962: A Soviet-chartered freighter was stopped at the quarantine line and searched for contraband military supplies. None… Read More »Cuban Missile Crisis: Day Eleven
Cuban Missile Crisis: Day Ten
Cuban Missile Crisis: Day Ten Thursday, October 25, 1962: Knowing that some missiles in Cuba were now operational, the president personally drafts a… Read More »Cuban Missile Crisis: Day Ten
Cuban Missile Crisis: Day Nine
Cuban Missile Crisis: Day Nine Wednesday, October 24, 1962: The ExComm met as the quarantine went into effect. By a little after 10, they… Read More »Cuban Missile Crisis: Day Nine
Cuban Missile Crisis: Day Six
Cuban Missile Crisis: Day Six Sunday, October 21, 1962: After attending Mass at St. Stephen’s Church with Mrs. Kennedy, the President meets with General Walter… Read More »Cuban Missile Crisis: Day Six
Cuban Missile Crisis: Day Five
Cuban Missile Crisis: Day Five “I had heard the military take positions, which if wrong, had the advantage that no one would be around at… Read More »Cuban Missile Crisis: Day Five
Cuban Missile Crisis: Day Four
Cuban Missile Crisis: Day Four Friday, October 19, 1962: President Kennedy leaves for a scheduled campaign trip to Ohio and Illinois. In Washington, his advisers… Read More »Cuban Missile Crisis: Day Four
Cuban Missile Crisis: Day Two
Cuban Missile Crisis: Day Two Wednesday, October 17, 1962: American military units begin moving to bases in the Southeastern U.S. as intelligence photos from… Read More »Cuban Missile Crisis: Day Two