CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS

1959

Cuban Revolution

January 1961

Kennedy broke diplomatic relations with Cuba

April 1961

Bay of Pigs Incident

May 1962

Krushchev announces he is sending arms to Cuba

September 1962

Krushchev sent 114 Soviet Ships with nuclear warheads and long range missiles

14th October 1962

Spy plane flew over Cuba and took photos of the missile sights

16th October 1962

Kennedy told about photos and forms Ex-Comm (team of advisers)

20th October 1962

Kennedy decides to create a blockade around Cuba

22nd October 1962

Kennedy publicly announces the blockade

23rd October 1962

Krushchev threatens to move through the blockade

24th October 1962

Blockade begins (180 ships, submarines, troops and air force on full alert)

25th October 1962

US spy plane detects more building at missile sites

26th October 1962

Kennedy receives a letter from Khrushchev promising to remove the missiles if the US lifted the blockade

27th October 1962

Krushchev sends a second letter stating that the missiles would only be removed if US missiles in Turkey were removed

27th October 1962

US plane is shot down by Russian missile

27th October 1962

Kennedy responds to Khrushchev’s first letter and privately offers to remove the missiles from Turkey

28th October 1962

Krushchev declares that he will remove the missiles to avoid threatening world peace

April 1963

Missiles in Turkey are removed

11th September 1962

Kennedy sends a warning to Khrushchev to not use Cuba as a military base