The world was going to end. That was all you knew, or thought you knew, on October 16, 1962.” Bob Brody reflects on the Cuban ...

On 16 Oct 1962, Kennedy’s NSA walked into the White House with ‘proof’ of Soviet missile deployment in Cuba. What followed ...

A deal was struck. The Russians would withdraw their missiles in exchange for a pledge by the U.S. not to invade Cuba, The ...

In October 1962, the world narrowly escaped a nuclear war between the US and the Soviet Union. US President John F. Kennedy ...

The Cuban Missile Crisis was a major confrontation that brought the United States, and the Soviet Union close to war over the ...

Foreword / Peter Almond -- Introduction. Armageddon in retrospect: "carrying the fire" of the Cuban Missile Crisis into the twenty-first century -- Cast of characters. Three leaders/three crises -- ...

A clip from the BBC Archive from President John Kennedy’s television broadcast to the American people on the Cuban Missile Crisis. Sutable for teaching GCSE History units on The Cold War in England ...

The crisis in memory -- The palms of spring -- The missiles of October -- K v. K -- The thorn in the flesh -- The rockets hit home -- Only one will face the bull -- And who will blink? -- No very good ...

Jacqueline Kennedy eavesdropped through a White House door during the crisis. Sept. 13, 2011— -- President Kennedy, a student of history and President Lincoln, joked darkly after his triumph in ...

On October 20, 1962, China launched attacks against India in Ladakh and Arunachal Pradesh, resulting in a month-long conflict ...

Today is Thursday, Oct. 16, the 289th day of 2025. There are 76 days left in the year. Today in history: In 1962, the Cuban missile crisis began as President John F. Kennedy was informed that ...

The stock market's trajectory during the Cuban Missile Crisis could provide a template for how investors will respond to President Donald Trump's upcoming reciprocal tariffs, according to Fundstrat ...