Collection of facts about the Cuban Missile Crisis

This post is a collection of facts about the Cuban Missile Crisis. There are 9 facts listed below. Source: Wikipedia

• 13-day confrontation (October 16 - 28, 1962)
• United States deployed nuclear missiles in the United Kingdom, Italy and Turkey between 1959 and 1961
• Nikita Khrushchev and Fidel Castro meeting (July 1962)
• Soviet Union deployed nuclear missiles in Cuba
• U.S. spy plane discovers long-rang launch facilities in Cuba
• U.S. air strike on Cuba at Soviet missile supplies
• U.S. naval blockade of Cuba (October 22 - November 20)
• U.S. and Soviet Union agree dismantle missiles in Cuba, Turkey and Italy
• U.S. dismantles missiles in United Kingdom (August 1963)