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1962 - Cuban Missile Crisis

In 1962, the Cuban Missile Crisis occurred, which was a tense confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union. It began when American spy planes discovered Soviet missile bases being constructed in Cuba, capable of launching nuclear weapons towards the United States. This discovery led to a tense standoff between the two superpowers, with the world on the brink of nuclear war. After intense negotiations, the crisis was resolved when the Soviet Union agreed to remove its missiles from Cuba in exchange for the U.S. promising not to invade Cuba and secretly agreeing to remove missiles from Turkey. The crisis is considered one of the closest moments the world has come to nuclear war during the Cold War.

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