In mid-October 1962, when US intelligence officials in Washington were conducting routine intelligence data analysis, they discovered problems in photos taken by U-2 planes flying over Cuba. They confirmed that the Soviet Union was building a base in San Cristóbal, southwest of the Cuban capital of Havana. Missiles launched from these bases can hit most important American cities from Lima, Peru to Hudson Bay, Canada. When the news reached the White House, it caused a series of panic among the people. US President John F. Kennedyand his brother Robert Kennedyplayed bycalmly dealt with this unexpected situation. On October 22, President Kennedy delivered a radio speech to the world at the White House. He informed the Soviet Union of the fact that it had deployed nuclear missiles in Cuba, and pointed out that this unusual missile facility was a deliberate provocation
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Thirteen Days movie plot
2021-12-23 08:01
Extended Reading
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Ora 2022-03-26 09:01:07
Overall a good movie
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Monserrate 2022-04-23 07:02:41
O,GOD.THY SEA IS SO GREAT AND MY BOAT IS SO SMALL.
Thirteen Days quotes
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Lt. Bruce Wilhemy: Oh man! Shit! Did you see it?
[Examining bullet holes in Cmdr. Ecker's wing]
Lt. Bruce Wilhemy: You were lucky skipper.
Commander William B. Ecker: Damn sparrows! Must have been migrating.
Petty Officer: Sparrows?
Commander William B. Ecker: I probably hit a couple of hundred of them. How many did you hit Bruce?
Lt. Bruce Wilhemy: Sparrows? A few I guess.
Petty Officer: Are these twenty millimeter or forty millimeter sparrows, sir?
Commander William B. Ecker: Those are bird strikes. Sparrows to be precise. That's the way it is, guys.
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Walter Cronkite: [News broadcast] It almost seemed today time stood still the shooting hadn't started yet but there weren't any encouraging signs that it could be avoided but worried, alarmed, afraid perhaps even the American public nonetheless have feared determined and resolved. This is Walter Cronkite, good night