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Fidel Castro assumes power after the Cuban Revolution.
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Cuba openly aligns itself with the Soviet Union.
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The U.S. terminates diplomatic and consular relation with Cuba.
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Kennedy pledges that the U.S. will not intervene with military to overthrow Castro
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Khrushchev and Kennedy hold summit in Vienna
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Kennedy orders a U-2 reconnaissance flight over western Cuba, delayed by bad weather until the 14th.
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Kennedy departs Washington for scheduled campaign speeches in Cleveland and the West Coast.
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Soviet ships en route to Cuba with questionable cargo either slow down or reverse their course except for one.
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Khrushchev announces over Radio Moscow that he has agreed to remove the missiles from Cuba.
