oct 16, 1962 - October 16th, 1962
Description:
JFK meets with a term of advisers known as Ex-Comm, to discuss how to respond to the missile threat. JFK has three options, diplomacy with Cuban leader FIdel Castro, and Soviet premier Nikita Kruschev, a naval quarantine of Cuba, or an air attack to destroy the missile sites.Added to timeline:
Date:
oct 16, 1962
Now
~ 63 years ago