The negotiation would come to be known as the Cuban Missile Crisis and would be one of ... They fired against our low-altitude surveillance. John F. Kennedy (archival audio): A U-2 was shot ...

Amid these tensions, the world witnessed other critical events: the Cuban Missile Crisis unfolded in October 1962, bringing the US and the Soviet Union to the brink of nuclear war. It was during this ...

Promising a new generation of leadership, John F. Kennedy stated he would guide the nation out of the so-called “conservative rut.” Challenges: The arms race with the Soviet Union continued and ...

President John F. Kennedy Attends a Luncheon ... 1962 to remove all troops in stages. Kennedy did have one triumph of foreign policy: the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962, the closest the world ...

Here's a look at key events leading up to the Cuban missile crisis and what unfolded ... and U.S. President John F. Kennedy.

On November 22, 1963, President John F Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas. Riding in an open-roof motorcade, the charismatic leader—famed for navigating the Cuban Missile Crisis—was ...

American President John F. Kennedy was under pressure to stand up to the communist Soviet Union. This would influence some of the decisions he took in dealing with the Cuban Missile Crisis.

To honor America's 35th President of the United States, we're looking back on some of his most powerful quotes from his inauguration address and other landmark speeches. Though he spoke these words ...