On October 27, 1962, during the Cuban Missile Crisis, a United States U-2 reconnaissance aircraft was shot down over Cuba, resulting in the death of pilot Major Rudolf Anderson

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During the April 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion, President John F. Kennedy refused to authorize the deployment of United States air power to support the exile force

In April 1961, approximately 1,400 CIA-trained Cuban exiles landed at the Bay of Pigs in an effort to overthrow Fidel Castro's government

During the Cuban Missile Crisis, President John F. Kennedy implemented a naval quarantine of Cuba rather than ordering an immediate military strike or invasion

On October 27, 1962, United States Navy surface ships dropped depth charges near Soviet submarine B-59 in the Atlantic

President John F. Kennedy established the Executive Committee of the National Security Council (EXCOMM) in October 1962 to manage the Cuban Missile Crisis

On the morning of October 27, 1962, Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev sent a second letter requiring the United States to withdraw American missiles from Turkey in exchange for removing Soviet missiles from Cuba

On October 16, 1962, National Security Advisor McGeorge Bundy presented President John F. Kennedy with U-2 aerial photographs showing Soviet nuclear missile construction in Cuba

Soviet submarine B-59 officer Vasily Arkhipov refused to authorize the launch of a 15-kiloton nuclear torpedo against United States forces on October 27, 1962

The operation to invade Cuba at the Bay of Pigs was originally developed under President Dwight D. Eisenhower's administration

On October 26, 1962, Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev sent a letter to President John F. Kennedy proposing to withdraw Soviet missiles from Cuba if the United States pledged not to invade Cuba

The resolution of the Cuban Missile Crisis included a secret agreement that the United States would withdraw its nuclear missiles stationed in Turkey

Operation Mongoose was a covert United States initiative overseen by Robert F. Kennedy designed to remove Fidel Castro from power in Cuba

United States covert plans against Fidel Castro under Operation Mongoose included proposals to use poisoned cigars

Russian forces captured the Ukrainian city of Avdiivka in early 2024

The Russian military launched strikes against Dnieper River bridges in Kyiv and Zaporizhzhia

The Russian military launched missile strikes against the South Bridge in Kyiv

Ukrainian forces conducted the Operation Vivaldi counterattack on the northern flank of the Sloviansk-Kramatorsk conurbation

A mechanized Russian force breached the Verkhnya Tersa River barrier north of Orikhiv

Russian forces captured the town of Dobropillia on the southern flank of the Sloviansk-Kramatorsk conurbation

The South Bridge in Kyiv was closed following damage from Russian drone and missile strikes