WASHINGTON — On Saturday, Oct. 20, 1962, President John F. Kennedy entered the Oval Room in the family living quarters of the White House. He joined 12 of his closest advisers, whom he had ca…
On 14 October 1962, a US air force plane captured photographic proof of Soviet missile bases under construction in Cuba, setting in train the crisis which brought the US and the Soviet Union close to nuclear war
Edward Wilson: Fifty years ago, Arkhipov, a senior officer on the Soviet B-59 submarine, refused permission to launch its nuclear torpedo
Edward Wilson: Fifty years ago, Arkhipov, a senior officer on the Soviet B-59 submarine, refused permission to launch its nuclear torpedo
A pair of PBS specials reminds us that 50 years ago this week, we were on the brink of total nuclear annihilation
The BBC's Michael Voss examines how the US-backed invasion of Cuba 50 years ago turned into a humiliating defeat that affects US-Cuban relations to this day.
In October 1962, the world held its breath as the U.S. and the U.S.S.R locked horns over the deployment of Soviet missiles in the Communist Caribbean island nation.
Edward Wilson: Fifty years ago, Arkhipov, a senior officer on the Soviet B-59 submarine, refused permission to launch its nuclear torpedo