The Cuban Missile Crisis @ 60
Nuclear Crisis Lasted 59 Days, Not Just 13
Following Fidel Castro’s orders, Cuban anti-aircraft crews opened fire on U.S. reconnaissance planes on October 27, 1962. Source: Dino Brugioni Collection at the National Security Archive
October 27: The Most Dangerous Day
Joint Chiefs: “The president has a feeling that time is running out”
Cascade of human errors, nuclear-armed flashpoints, on October 27 nearly started World War III by accident
JFK: “always some SOB who doesn’t get the word