Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Cuban Missile Crisis For thirteen days in October 1962 the world waited—seemingly on the brink of nuclear war—and hoped for a peaceful resolution to the Cuban Missile Crisis. In October 1962, an American U-2 spy plane secretly photographed nuclear missile sites being built by the Soviet Union on the island of Cuba.
The Cuban Missile Crisis was the closest the world ever came to nuclear war. Recognizing the devastating possibility of a nuclear war, Khrushchev turned his ships back. The Soviets agreed to dismantle the weapon sites and, in exchange, the United States agreed not to invade Cuba.
Cuban Missile Crisis Chronology; Eulogies for President Kennedy; First Ballot for Presidential Nominees (1960) Items in President Kennedy's Oval Office; John F. Kennedy's Announcement as Candidate for U.S. President, January 2, 1960; John F. Kennedy's Favorite Quotations: Dante's Inferno; John F. Kennedy's National Television Appearances (pre-1961)
It shall be the policy of this nation to regard any nuclear missile launched from Cuba against any nation in the Western Hemisphere as an attack by the Soviet Union on the United States, requiring a full retaliatory response upon the Soviet Union." -President Kennedy, Address to the Nation on the Cuban Missile Crisis, October 22, 1962
The Cuban Missile Crisis was in many ways the event more than any other that shaped the course of the Kennedy presidency and the way it would be remembered for generations to come. It was also the event above all that defined the nature of the Cold War and demonstrated how to survive it.
CAROLINE KENNEDY: Good afternoon. Welcome to the John F. Kennedy Library, and to this special forum on the Cuban Missile Crisis. This season of anniversary and reflection provides us all with a remarkable opportunity to give thanks and to learn from the past. We give thanks for the fact that, because of the wisdom and judgment of our leaders, we’re all here today, living in a relatively ...
A selection of the people who participated in the Cuban Missile Crisis. Links go to the interview in the Oral History Program created for the John F. Kennedy Library. Leaders of the US, USSR, and Cuba. John F. Kennedy, President of the United States (1961-1963) Nikita Khrushchev, Premier of the Soviet Union (1958-1964)
It’s a great pleasure to be here to talk about the book that Tom just mentioned, The 14 th Day: JFK and the Aftermath of the Cuban Missile Crisis. As we know, on the 13 th day of the crisis Khrushchev backed down, the world sighed with relief, and children could stop for a while practicing hiding under their desks. But the crisis didn’t ...
Boston, MA – As part of its activities commemorating the 40th anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis , the John F. Kennedy Library and Museum today released a new study prepared by the National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago to help provide a better understanding of how the American people experienced the Cuban Missile Crisis, how public opinion changed because of the ...
For a decade, Ted served as policy advisor, legal council, and speechwriter to Senator and then President Kennedy. He was deeply involved in every presidential decision on all the greatest issues of the day, from the Cuban Missile Crisis to the framing of the nation’s civil rights legislation to the decision to go to the moon.