Cuban Missile Crisis Ends: Khrushchev Orders Soviet Missile Removal, October 28, 1962
Date: October 28, 1962
Date: October 28, 1962
Starfish Prime tests the effects of a nuclear explosion at orbital altitudes. Date: July 9, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 9 📅 Events on this day in 1962 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1962Rwanda and Burundi Independence, July 1, 1962Aeroflot Flight 213 Mountain Crash Kills 32,…
Cuban Missile Crisis ends: In response to the Soviet Union agreeing to remove its missiles from Cuba, U.S. President John F. Kennedy ends the quarantine of the Caribbean nation. Date: November 20, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 20 📅 Events on this day in 1962 📅 On This Day…
Canadian-born American pharmacologist Frances Oldham Kelsey is awarded the U.S. President's Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service for her refusal to authorize thalidomide. Date: August 7, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 7 📅 Events on this day in 1962 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1962Telstar First…
Cuban Missile Crisis begins: U.S. President John F. Kennedy is informed of photos taken on October 14 by a U-2 showing nuclear missiles (the crisis will last for 13 days starting from this point). Date: October 16, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 16 📅 Events on this day in…
Netherlands New Guinea Conflict: Indonesian Navy fast patrol boat RI Macan Tutul commanded by Commodore Yos Sudarso sunk in Arafura Sea by the Dutch Navy. Date: January 15, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 15 📅 Events on this day in 1962 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from…
The Soviet ship Poltava heads toward Cuba, one of the events that sets into motion the Cuban Missile Crisis. Date: September 15, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 15 📅 Events on this day in 1962 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1962Cuban Missile Crisis Begins as Soviet…