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Cuban missile crisis begin
Kennedy and the defense officials me up to talk about the events that occur in Cuba. They try to decide on what type of attack on Cuba they should have. -
American military units begins to move
The United States military starts to move the military bases to the south eastern part of the United States. -
President Kennedy meets Soviet Foreign Minister
President Kennedy is visited by Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko. They talk about the weapons Cuba has and if they are getting any from the Soviet union. -
President Kennedy leaves for a scheduled campaign trip to Ohio and Illinois.
President Kennedy's advisers continue to debate on which actions should take place in result of the weapons that could harm American citizens. -
President Kennedy returns suddenly to Washington
President Kennedy decides to deploy naval ships. He also begins to create an explanation to the American citizens and what his plan is of attack. -
President meets with General Walter Sweeney
President Kennedy learns that the airstrikes could not solve all their problems of taking out the Cuban missiles. -
President Kennedy phones former Presidents Hoover
President Kennedy speaks to former presidents that were alive at the time about the situation and his plan of action. He writes to Premier of the Soviet Union saying that starting a war with nuclear weapons would be catastrophic and lead to destroying the world. -
Soviet submarines threaten the quarantine by moving into the Caribbean area.
Naval fleet continue to go towards Cuba and Soviet union submarines began to attack American naval ships. Also the Soviet union continues to give aid and military weapons to Cuba. -
Chairman Khrushchev replies indignantly to President Kennedy
JFK concludes that if we invade in the next ten days, the missile base crews in Cuba will likely fire at least some of the missiles at US targets. -
president personally drafts a letter to Premier Khrushchev, again urging him to change the course of events.
U.S. Ambassador Adlai Stevenson confronts the Soviets at the U.N. but they refuse to answer. American military forces are instructed to set DEFCON 2 - the highest ever in U.S. history. -
A Soviet-chartered freighter is stopped at the quarantine line and searched for contraband military supplies
Khrushchev stating that the Soviets would remove their missiles if President Kennedy publicly guarantees the U.S. will not invade Cuba. -
A second letter from Moscow demanding tougher terms
A spy plane accidentally flies into Russia, another is shot down over Cuba. Also in addition to a public promise not to invade Cuba, the U.S. remove its missiles from Turkey. -
Cuban missile crisis end
Khrushchev announces the dismantling of Soviet missiles in Cuba and does not insist on his demands concerning the removal of U.S. missiles from Turkey.
