1962 25th October
Cuban Missile Crisis
Khrushchev exchanged messages with Kennedy as both governments searched for a way to prevent the naval confrontation from escalating.
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25 October 1962: Stevenson Confronts Zorin at the United Nations
Adlai Stevenson presents missile evidence to the U.N. Security Council. This page combines historical context with 6 matching records drawn directly from the World History Database Cuban Missile Crisis archive.
Historical context
25 October 1962: Stevenson Confronts Zorin at the United Nations: overview and significance
What happened?
U.S. representative Adlai Stevenson challenged Soviet representative Valerian Zorin over the missiles and displayed aerial photographs to the Security Council.
Why was it important?
The confrontation gave Washington a highly visible diplomatic platform for presenting its intelligence evidence and pressing the Soviet Union publicly.
World History Database records
25 October 1962: Stevenson Confronts Zorin at the United Nations timeline
The records below are selected from the 195-record Cuban Missile Crisis archive and rendered as static HTML in chronological order.
1962
1962 25th October
Cuban Missile Crisis
Zorin refused to answer Stevenson's demand for an immediate admission that Soviet missiles were present in Cuba.
1962 25th October
Cuban Missile Crisis
Zorin faced Stevenson's presentation of aerial photographs after declining to confirm that Soviet missiles had been installed in Cuba.
1962 25th October
Cuban Missile Crisis
Kennedy replied to U Thant and affirmed his desire for a peaceful and verifiable settlement.
1962 25th October
Cuban Missile Crisis
Kennedy wrote Khrushchev that Soviet assurances had been contradicted by clear evidence of offensive missile bases in Cuba.
1962 25th October
Cuban Missile Crisis
Stevenson confronted Valerian Zorin at the Security Council and presented reconnaissance photographs demonstrating Soviet missile installations.
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Sources and editorial review
Compiled and edited by World History Database.
Historical context is editorial material; the chronology is generated from World History Database Cuban Missile Crisis records.
Last reviewed: September 2026.
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