1. Cuban Missle
The Cuban Missile Crisis was the closest the world ever came to nuclear war. ... When observed from today's standpoint, the Cuban Missile Crisis was, besides being a test of egos, simply a technology-based conflict. ... For the United States, the crisis began on October 15, 1962 when reconnaissance photographs revealed Soviet missiles under construction in Cuba.. ... October 27 was the worst day of the crisis. ... Nine months after the Cuban Missile Crisis ended in June of 1962, Kennedy and Khrushchev signed an agreement to ban nuclear testing in the atmosphere, a landmark step towa...
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