The Cuban Missile Crisis—among the most frightening events of the Cold War—kicked into high gear on October 22, 1962. In a dramatic 18-minute televised speech, President Kennedy shocked the nation by revealing “unmistakable evidence” of a nuclear missile threat. For the key moments, major players and a timeline of the 13-day standoff, visit https://www.history.com/articles/cuban-missile-crisis-timeline-jfk-khrushchev #HISTORY | HISTORY

Sixty years ago, the Cuban Missile Crisis brought Cold War tensions to a head. The standoff was a closely-guarded secret, until John F. Kennedy’s strategic address to the nation on October 22. Very soon after the speech, there was a gradual easing of tensions, though never anything as dramatic as indicated in the famous remark by Secretary of State Dean Rusk, “We’re eyeball to eyeball, and I think the other fellow just blinked.” https://www.wondrium.com/reconsidering-jfk | The Great Courses