The cuban missile crisis

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What happened in 1959
Fidel Castro took power in cuba.
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What happened in 1960
Castro made a trade agreement with russia where Cuba sent sugar to russia, in return for oil, machines and money. this frightened america and they stopped trading with cuba. cuba nationalised all american owned companies in retaliation
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what happened inapril 1961
the bay of pigs
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what happend on october 14th 1962
an american U2 spy plane took pictures of cuba and found what looked to be a a nuculer missile base being built
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what happened on october 22
kennedy called on the ussr to remove the missiles
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what happened on the 23
kennedy recives
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What happened in 1960

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Castro made a trade agreement with russia where Cuba sent sugar to russia, in return for oil, machines and money. this frightened america and they stopped trading with cuba. cuba nationalised all american owned companies in retaliation

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what happened inapril 1961

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what happend on october 14th 1962

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what happened on october 22

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