The Cuban Missile Crisis began on this day in 1962. #CubanMissileCrisis
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On #ThisDayInHistory in 1962, the #CubanMissileCrisis began. The US provoked the #USSR with an aggressive nuclear posture, later backing down and removing our missiles, but to this day US #propaganda has people believing the #Soviets the aggressor. The #ColdWar legacy is a curse.

The beginning of the Cuban Missile Crisis: 64 years of nuclear tension

On October 16, 1962,…

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Diplomacy and dialogue are key ingredients to nuclear weapon abolition.

A thread to learn how conversations between world leaders have stopped nuclear war in the past, and why dialogue is needed now more than ever.

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🇺🇸 #OTD in #History 14 October 1962, the origin of what became the #CubanMissileCrisis (16-28 October 1962) began when an American reconnaissance aircraft snapped photographs of Soviet ballistic nuclear missiles being installed in Cuba.

The beginning of the Cuban Missile Crisis: the U‑2 photos from October 14, 1962

October 14, 1962 marked the…

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Also discussed in this article is the #CubanMissileCrisis naval #blockade and how escalation over this is probably the closest the world came to the #ColdWar becoming a #nuclearwar.

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Thirteen days. One wrong move. The whole world close to nuclear war.
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☢️ One submarine. One nuclear torpedo. Two sides interpreting the same explosions completely differently.

This Cold War encounter came terrifyingly close to catastrophe: https://youtu.be/qGuuT0bzhlY

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