Cuban Missile Crisis Flashcards
(23 cards)
Date
Event
November 1958
Khrushchev issues 6-month ultimatum over West Berlin
Late 1958
Mikoyan: Berlin is just a card in Khrushchev’s diplomatic game
June 1961
Khrushchev reissues Berlin ultimatum
October 1961
Tank face-off at Checkpoint Charlie
1959
Cuban Revolution – Castro gains power
January 1959
Castro enters Havana
April 1959
Castro visits the US
February 1960
Trade agreement between USSR and Cuba
January 1961
US breaks off diplomatic relations with Cuba
1 May 1960
U-2 spy plane incident – pilot captured alive
16/17 May 1960
Paris Summit fails due to U-2 incident
November 1960
Election of JFK
August 1961
Start of Berlin Wall
April 1961
Bay of Pigs invasion
November 1961
Operation Mongoose begins
14 October 1962
US discovers Soviet missile sites in Cuba
22 October 1962
Kennedy announces public address on missile crisis
24 October 1962
US imposes quarantine (blockade) around Cuba
26 October 1962
Khrushchev’s first letter proposing non-invasion deal
27 October 1962
Khrushchev demands removal of Jupiter missiles in Turkey
27 October 1962
US spy plane shot down over Cuba
28 October 1962
Khrushchev agrees to remove missiles from Cuba
