Cuban Missile Crisis

October 1962 confrontation between the Soviet Union, Cuba and the United States

Soviet submarine officer who averted nuclear war (1926–1998)

1962 Soviet military operation that preceded the Cuban Missile Crisis

USAF pilot, the only person killed by enemy fire during the Cuban Missile Crisis (1927-1962)

right|thumb|250px|EXCOMM meeting in the White House Cabinet Room during the [[Cuban Missile Crisis on October 29, 1962]] The Executive Committee of the National Security Council (commonly referred to as simply the Executive Committee or ExComm) was a body of United States government officials that convened to advise President John F. Kennedy during the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962. It was composed of the regular members of the National Security Council, along with other men whose advice the President deemed useful during the crisis. EXCOMM was formally established by National Security Action M

submarine whose onboard situation could have started World War III

proposed invasion of Cuba

period of Cuban history (1959–1970)

Christmas song composed by Gloria Shayne, lyrics by Noël Regney

Soviet ICBM