Cuban Missile Crisis : (October 16 - October 28, 1962) A standoff between the US and the Soviet Union during which the Soviets brought nuclear Soviet missiles into Cuba, in preparation to attack the US, that brought tensions between the US and the Soviet Union to the brink of starting a very powerful and deadly nuclear war (oct 16, 1962 – oct 28, 1962)
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oct 16, 1962
oct 28, 1962
~ 12 days