oct 16, 1962 - The Cuban Missile Crisis
Description:
The Cuban Missile Crisis was a 1 month, 4 day (16 October – 20 November 1962) confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union which escalated into an international crisis when American deployments of missiles in Italy and Turkey were matched by Soviet deployments of similar ballistic missiles in Cuba. The confrontation is often considered the closest the Cold War came to escalating into a full-scale nuclear war.Added to timeline:
Date:
oct 16, 1962
Now
~ 63 years ago