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Fidel Castro Assumes Power
Fulgencio Batista flees Cuba after successful Cuban Revolution led by Fidel Castro. This marks the end of the Batista Regime and Castro begins to reform the Cuban Government. -
United States Deploys Missiles to Turkey
Turkey agrees to foster fifteen American Jupiter Missiles. Turkey is about 1090 miles from Moscow. This aggitates the Soviet Union and they see this action as a threat to their security. Thus, tension begins to increase between the United States and the Soviet Union. -
Soviet First Deputy Prime Minister Establishes Economic Ties with Cuba
Anastas Mikoyan travels to Cuba from Feburary 4th to Feburary 13th and negotiates with Fidel Castro. Mikoyan is to set up trade agreements with cuba in order to deminish their economic dependence on the United States. During the reign of former President of Cuba, Flugencio Bautista, much of their economy relied on the United States. American corporations owned nearly 60% of Cubas Sugar industry and 95% of the total Cuban crops. -
United States Ends Foreign Aid Program With Cuba
For decades, the United States has aided Cuba and presnted them with economic support. However, after the Soviet Union created their own ties with Cuba, the United States terminated all economic ties. -
Soviet Union Agrees to Purchase Cuban Sugar
After the United States discontinued importing Cuban sugar, it placed Cuba in a terrible situation. Without the support of the U.S., their economy would surely fall. But, within the next day, the Soviet Union assumed the same role that the United States once held. Nikita Khruschev declared that they would purchase Cuba's sugar. -
Cuban Embargo
The United States carried out an embargo on Cuba after Fidel agreed to trade with the Soviet Union. When the U.S. gained knowledge of nuclear weapons being shipped to the island of Cuba from the Soviet Union, they increased the strength of the embargo. -
John F. Kennedy Elected President
John F. Kennedy becomes the next United States president after Dwight D. Eisenhower, -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
Cuban exiles were trained by the United States in order to commense this offense. The goal of the invasion was to spark and anti-Castro revolution. This was one of the many attempts made by the U.S. government to overthrow the Castro regime. -
U-2 Reconnaissance Flight Over Cuba
For the past few months, information had been leaked to the United States about Soviet missile sites on Cuba. John F. Kennedy sent out a U-2 aircraft to gather solid information. 928 photographs were taken and what he found was astonishing. For months, the Soviet Union was secretly building multiple nuclear missile sites on Cuba. However, the United States did the same thing and built missile sites on Turkey, just not in secrecy. -
Second and Third U-2 Flight Over Cuba
Two more U-2 reconnaissance flights were commenced over the next two days. Further visual information was obtained. -
John F. Kennedy Address on Cuban Missile Crisis
This is the first time that the public gains knowledge of the Crisis. It is revealed that the Soviet Union has implemented varous missile sites on the island of Cuba. The United States and Soviet Union is on the brink of nuclear war. Citizens are left wondering what the future holds for them. -
Khrushchev's Letter to Kennedy
In a letter to President Kennedy, Nikita Khrushchev claims that there is threat to the peace and security of people. Khrushchev feels that the United States retaliating against the construction of missile sites on Cuba is unnecissary. After all, the Soviet Union did not interfere when the United States began buillding sites in Turkey. -
Kennedy's Letter to Khrushchev
In his letter to Nikita Khrushchev, Kennedy places blame on the Soviet Union for starting the Cuban Missile Crisis. He wants the Soviet to take responsibility for their actions. -
Khrushchev's Letter to Kennedy
In this crucial letter, Nikita Khrushchev presents John F. Kennedy with an proposal. The Soviet Union will remove their missiles from Cuba if the United states does the same in Turkey. Also, the United States must never invade Cuba. -
Kennedy's Letter to Khrushchev
Kennedy sends a letter to Khrushchev agreeing to his proposal. The United States will remove missile sites in Turkey and will not invade Cuba. -
End of Cuban Missile Crisis
Finally, it is made official that both the Unites States and the Soviet Union will remove their missile occupied in Cuba and Turkey. This day marks the end of the Cuban Missile Crisis.
