Cuban Missile Crisis A confrontation between the U.S and Cuba. The U.S.S.R's leader leader Khrushchev urged U.S troops to leave Berlin, and set up a missile in Cuba, which in result almost caused nuclear war. (oct 16, 1962 – oct 28, 1962)
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oct 16, 1962
oct 28, 1962
~ 12 days