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Cuba Weapons Quarantine Ordered

United States of America · Government / Democratic Party Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1962

John Fitzgerald Kennedy22 October 1962

Cuba · Government / Democratic Party Government

Kennedy orders naval interception of offensive weapons shipments to Cuba during the missile crisis.

Names involved

John Fitzgerald Kennedy

Provenance

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