Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)

A near-miss nuclear confrontation between the U.S. and the Soviet Union.

A near-miss nuclear confrontation between the U.S. and the Soviet Union.

Associated Place(s)

Event date:

Autumn 1962 to Autumn 1962

Parent Chronology:

Path to Peace: A Timeline of the 1960s Movement for Nonviolence

Event Source:

https://history.state.gov/milestones/1961-1968/cuban-missile-crisis