History: The Cuban Missile Crisis (October 1962) lasted 13 days…

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Did you know? The Cuban Missile Crisis (October 1962) lasted 13 days during which the world came closer to nuclear war than ever before. JFK and Khrushchev communicated via telegrams that took hours to days to arrive. One Soviet submarine officer (Vasili Arkhipov) refused to fire a single torpedo — almost certainly preventing WWIII.

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The Cuban Missile Crisis (October 1962) lasted 13 days during which the world came closer to nuclear war than ever before. JFK and Khrushchev communicated via telegrams that took hours to days to arrive. One Soviet submarine officer (Vasili Arkhipov) refused to fire a single torpedo — almost certainly preventing WWIII.

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