The Explosion That Sank the Maine -- and Started a War
When the battleship USS Maine blew up in Havana Harbor on February 15, 1898, killing 266 crewmen, the tragedy became the spark that drew America into war with Spain.
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The Missiles Go Home: How the Cuban Missile Crisis Ended
On October 28, 1962, Nikita Khrushchev announced the Soviet missiles would leave Cuba, ending thirteen days in which the world stood closer to nuclear war than ever before.
The Bay of Pigs: Three Days That Shook the Cold War
On April 17, 1961, some 1,400 CIA-trained Cuban exiles stormed ashore at the Bay of Pigs — and within three days the invasion had collapsed.
Thirteen Days End: The Quarantine Lifts
On November 20, 1962, President Kennedy announced the end of the naval quarantine of Cuba, closing the book on the missile crisis that had brought the world to the brink of nuclear war.