oct 14, 1962 - --------------Cuban Missile Crisis-------------- ~October 14-28, 1962~ *A standoff between Russia and U.S.A. that was caused by the missiles put in Cuba by the Russian government. Resulted in Russia taking their missiles out of Cuba and the U.S. taking theirs out of Turkey. *Closest America and Russia ever got to nuclear war, reaching DEFCON 2.
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oct 14, 1962
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~ 63 years ago