oct 16, 1962 - Cuban MIssile Crisis
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Oct 16, 1962 – Oct 28, 1962
-The Cuban Missile Crisis of October 1962 was a direct and dangerous confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War and was the moment when the two superpowers came closest to nuclear conflict.
-Russia had a missile base in Cuba the United States felt threatened and retaliated
-Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev saw an opportunity to strengthen the relationship between the Soviet Union and Fidel Castro's Cuba and make good its promise to defend Cuba from the United States.
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