Thursday, October 14, 2010

The Missiles of October

All day long I was thinking there was something significant about this date.
duh
This is the anniversary of the day in 1962 a U.S. photo reconnaissance plane spotted missile bases under construction in Cuba. That is, the beginning of the "Cuban Missile Crisis".
It was probably one of the hottest battles of the "Cold War".
Read the Wiki article here.

1 comment:

Norm De Plume said...

I've always felt that a crisis involving Cuba was inevitable in the early 60s, considering the way JFK was always going around calling the place "Cuber".