Historical place archive

Western Cuba in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Western Cuba in United States of America. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

1 records1 event labels1 people1962–1962

Historical events in Western Cuba

1962

14 October 1962
Cuban Missile Crisis
Richard Heyser · Military

Heyser flew a U-2 mission that obtained 928 photographs during a six-minute pass over western Cuba.

Provenance

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These entries are generated from stored World History Database records whose country and place fields match United States of America and Western Cuba. Names, dates, event labels and descriptions are reviewed and normalised as the database develops. Historical place names may not match modern administrative boundaries.

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