cuban missile crisis

• when was the cuban missile crisis (year)

  1962
• when was the first event

  october 14th
• what happened on october 14th

  US U2 spy planes take pictures of ICBMs in cuba
• when was the second event

  october 22nd
• what happened on october 22nd

  JFK orders quarantine of cuba

  JFK sends letter to khrushchev saying US will not permit offensive weapons to be delivered to be delivered to cuba and demands that soviets dismantle missile bases and return weapons
• why did JFK call it quarantine instead of a blockade

  because blockade suggests a war has started or will start
• when was the next event

  october 26-27
• what happens on october 26-27

  khrushchev tells JFK that USSR will remove missiles in cuba if US promise not to invade

  Khrushchev sends 2nd letter saying deal includes US removing missiles in turkey
• when was the last event

  october 28
• what happened on october 28

  khrushchev says missile will be removed