U.S. President John F. Kennedy announced on television that Soviet nuclear weapons had been discovered in Cuba and that he had ordered a naval "quarantine" of the island nation.
Read more:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuban_Missile_Crisis
Transcript of the speech:
http://www.famousquotes.me.uk/speeches/John_F_Kennedy/2.htm
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It was an intense week or so as I remember, Our family actually invented a plan of survival if the missals were launched. I was young but I remember the fear that loomed on all. If was a great day when President Kennedy gave the report that the crises had been resolved........ jack
