1960s Timeline

Oct. 21, 1962 - There is an unmistakable air of crisis in the nation’s capital tonight. President Kennedy and the highest Administration...

Oct. 21, 1962 - A large number of U.S. Marines have arrived at Key West Naval Base during the last two days. An unconfirmed report fixed...

Oct. 20, 1962 - President Kennedy, suffering from a cold, canceled the remainder of a grueling three-day campaign trip today and flew...

Oct. 19, 1962 - Here is audio of a secretly recorded meeting President Kennedy held today with the Joint Chiefs of Staff regarding Soviet...

Oct. 19, 1962 - The Soviet bloc poured equipment and supplies into Cuba last month at a rate of more than a shipload a day, U.S. sources...

Oct. 18, 1962 - Here is President Kennedy's dictated summary of a high-level, secret meeting held today on major developments in Cuba....

Oct. 18, 1962 - The United States has quietly shifted a Navy squadron of 12 jet fighters to the southern tip of Florida to counter the...

Oct. 17, 1962 - U.S. officials said tonight they were unhappy but not too surprised by Algerian Premier Ben Bella’s action in coming out...

Oct. 17, 1962 - Premier Ahmed Ben Bella of Algeria (center) joined today with Premier Fidel Castro in demanding that the U.S. give up its...

Oct. 16, 1962 - Premier Ahmed Ben Bella of Algeria (center) arrived in Cuba today for a 24-hour state visit. Premier Fidel Castro used...

Oct. 15, 1962 - Former President Eisenhower attacked tonight the Kennedy Administration’s “dreary foreign record of the past 21 months”...

Oct. 14, 1962 - The Cuban Government has been extremely careful in recent weeks to avoid any chance of conflict with the U.S. or...

Sept. 30, 1962 - President Kennedy and the Earl of Home, the British Foreign Secretary, discussed at the White House today ways of...

Sept. 29, 1962 - A talkative, obviously pleased Richard M. Nixon completed the first televised question program of his campaign for...

Sept. 22, 1962 - Blas Roca (pictured to Fidel Castro’s left), one of Cuba’s top Communist leaders, was quoted today by the Havana radio...

Sept. 21, 1962 - The Soviet Union sounded a new warning today that an attack on Cuba by the U.S. would mean war. The warning, by Foreign...

Sept. 20, 1962 - A resolution endorsing the use of force, if necessary, to prevent the spread of Cuban Marxism in the Western Hemisphere...

Sept. 18, 1962 - Former Vice President Richard M. Nixon (pictured in Los Angeles) called today for a quarantine of Cuba to halt the flow...

Sept. 14, 1962 - Senator Barry Goldwater assailed today President Kennedy’s handling of the Cuban situation and asserted that “the...

Sept. 13, 1962 - President Kennedy introduced today's press conference with a statement on the Cuban situation. Here it is in full. #jfk...