Cuban Missile Crisis

The Cuban Missile Crisis was a tense standoff in October 1962 when the Soviet Union placed nuclear missiles in Cuba, just 90 miles from the United States, prompting a dangerous confrontation between the two superpowers. It matters because it brought the world closer to nuclear war than any other event during the Cold War, ultimately reshaping how the U.S. and Soviet Union managed their rivalry.

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