Cuban Missile Crisis Flashcards
1954
Guatemalan Coup
1955
Warsaw Pact
Oct 1957
Sputnik Launched - Space Race
Jan 1959
Castro becomes PM of Cuba
Apr 1959
Castro meets Nixon
May 1959
Land Reform Law by Castro + nationalisation of private property
Feb 1960
Mikoyan-Castro Trade Talks
Apr 1960
Castro Nationalises US industries after pressure from US not to process Soviet oil
May 1960
Castro establishes Diplomatic relations with USSR
Nov 1960
USA places embargo on exports to Cuba
Jan 1961
John F Kennedy replaces Eisenhower as US President
17 Apr 1961
Bay of Pigs Invasion (Failure)
May 1961
Castro declares Cuba a Socialist state
Aug 1961
Berlin Wall erected
End Nov 1961
Kennedy authorises Operation Mongoose
Dec 1961
Castro declares Cuba a “Marxist-Leninist” State
16-28 October 1962
Cuban Missile Crisis
16 Oct 1962
US discovers missiles in Cuba
22 Oct 1962
US announcement of Missiles + Naval Blockade of Cuba
24 Oct 1962
Khrushchev refuses to remove missiles
26 Oct 1962
Krushchev’s First Letter to Kennedy:
- Removal of missiles on Condition of US Guarantee to not invade Cuba
27 Oct 1962
Khrushchev’s Second Letter to Kennedy:
- Trade Soviet missiles in Cuba for US Jupiter missiles in Turkey
Kennedy secretly meets Soviet ambassador Dobryin;
US to publicly agree on terms of First while secretly agreeing to the Second
28 Oct 1962
Khrushchev removes missiles from Cuba
