U.S. President John F. Kennedy announced that American reconnaissance planes discovered Soviet nuclear weapons in Cuba, marking the beginning of the Cuban Missile Crisis on this day in 1962.

In 1962, the world was on edge, worried that the Cuban missile crisis––a standoff between the U.S. and the former Soviet Union––could end in nuclear war. Take a look back at the infamous ...

Jackie Kennedy was prepared to die during the tense days of the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962, according to revelations in a new book by the former first lady's Secret Service bodyguard.

Nothing caught global attention and heightened tensions as did the Cuban Missile Crisis. The new young President John F. Kennedy faced off with the Cuban revolutionary Fidel Castro and the ...

Cuban Missile Crisis: The 'lost documents' that convinced JFK to change course of history Six decades ago a politically struggling John F. Kennedy had an era-defining decision to make, one that ...

Discover who holds the title of the youngest U.S. President. Learn about John F. Kennedy's historic election at 43, his Cold ...

As the 60th anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis approaches, we can expect the usual media plaudits for President John F. Kennedy, his brother Robert Kennedy, and the so-called members of ...

Indeed, only in the late 1980s and early 1990s did the full history of the diplomacy, negotiation, and compromise that resolved the missile crisis finally emerge. In 1987, the John F. Kennedy ...

On This Day: JFK alerted to the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962 On October 16, 1962, President John F. Kennedy learned that Russia had secretly placed nuclear missiles in Cuba, just 90 miles from the ...

What happened during the Cuban Missile Crisis — the 13-day standoff that ... President John F. Kennedy released a statement on Sept. 4 condemning the Soviet effort to boost Cuba's military ...

1. This eyewitness account by Robert F. Kennedy, then the U.S. attorney general and adviser to his brother, President John F. Kennedy, emphasizes the human side of the Cuban Missile Crisis ...