What were the key events of the Cuban Missile Crisis?
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In October 1962, the US discovered that the Soviet Union had secretly installed missiles in Cuba capable of reaching the US with nuclear missiles. President Kennedy ordered a naval blockade of Cuba and demanded the Soviets remove the missiles. After a tense standoff, the Soviet Union agreed to remove the missiles in exchange for a promise from the US not to invade Cuba and a secret agreement to remove US missiles from Turkey.
The Cuban Missile Crisis was a tense standoff between the United States and the Soviet Union in October 1962. Key events included the discovery of Soviet missile installations in Cuba, a naval blockade of Cuba by the US, the threat of a US invasion of Cuba, and a negotiated settlement in which the Soviet Union agreed to remove the missiles in exchange for a US pledge not to invade Cuba and the removal of US missiles from Turkey. The crisis is widely regarded as the closest the world ever came to nuclear war.