6h 16min, nov 21, 1962 y - Cuban Missle Crisis
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USSR put nuclear Missle in Cuba right off the us Southern coast. US blockade of Cuba. Close to nuclear war!
USSR backed down
http://school.eb.com/levels/middle/assembly/view/198120
"Cuba." Britannica School, Encyclopædia Britannica, 1 Nov. 2017. school.eb.com/levels/middle/article/Cuba/273873. Accessed 25 Jan. 2018.
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6h 16min, nov 21, 1962 y
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~ 61 years ago