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oct 16, 1962 - Cuban Missile Crisis

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A United States spy plane spotted Soviet missile pads. This was a concern that nuclear war would break out. Kennedy agreed to never invade Cuba and dismantle US missiles in Turkey. Khrushchev agreed to dismantle missiles in Cuba and allow UN inspection in Cuba.

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oct 16, 1962
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~ 63 years ago

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