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The following events occurred in October 1962:
The Cuban Missile Crisis, also known as the October Crisis (Spanish: Crisis de octubre), the Caribbean Crisis (Russian: Карибский кризис, tr. Karibskiy krizis), or the Missile Scare, was a 13-day (October 16–28, 1962) confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union concerning Soviet ballistic missiles deployment in Cuba. Along with being televised worldwide, it was the closest the Cold War came to escalating into a full-scale nuclear war.
In response to the failed Bay of Pigs Invasion of 1961, and the presence of American Jupiter ballistic missiles in Italy and Turkey against the USSR with Moscow within range, Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev decided to agree to Cuba's request to place nuclear missiles in Cuba to deter future harassment of Cuba. An agreement was reached during a secret meeting between Khrushchev and Fidel Castro in July and construction on a number of missile launch facilities started later that summer.
An election was underway in the U.S. and the White House had denied Republican charges that it was ignoring dangerous Soviet missiles 90 miles from Florida. These missile preparations were confirmed when an Air Force U-2 spy plane produced clear photographic evidence of medium-range (SS-4) and intermediate-range (R-14) ballistic missile facilities. The United States established a military blockade to prevent further missiles from entering Cuba. It announced that they would not permit offensive weapons to be delivered to Cuba and demanded that the weapons already in Cuba be dismantled and returned to the USSR.
The Beatles were an English rock band, formed in Liverpool in 1960. With members John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, they became widely regarded as the foremost and most influential act of the rock era. Rooted in skiffle, beat, and 1950s rock and roll, the Beatles later experimented with several genres, ranging from pop ballads and Indian music to psychedelia and hard rock, often incorporating classical elements in innovative ways. In the early 1960s, their enormous popularity first emerged as "Beatlemania", but as the group's music grew in sophistication, led by primary songwriters Lennon and McCartney, they came to be perceived as an embodiment of the ideals shared by the counterculture of the 1960s.
The Beatles built their reputation playing clubs in Liverpool and Hamburg over a three-year period from 1960, with Stuart Sutcliffe initially serving as bass player. The core of Lennon, McCartney and Harrison went through a succession of drummers, most notably Pete Best, before asking Starr to join them. Manager Brian Epstein moulded them into a professional act and producer George Martin enhanced their musical potential. They gained popularity in the United Kingdom after their first hit, "Love Me Do", in late 1962. They acquired the nickname "the Fab Four" as Beatlemania grew in Britain over the following year, and by early 1964 they had become international stars, leading the "British Invasion" of the United States pop market. From 1965 onwards, the Beatles produced what many consider their finest material, including the innovative and widely influential albums Rubber Soul (1965), Revolver (1966), Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967), The Beatles (commonly known as the White Album, 1968) and Abbey Road (1969).
Coordinates: 40°N 100°W / 40°N 100°W / 40; -100
The United States of America (USA), commonly referred to as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major territories and various possessions. The 48 contiguous states and Washington, D.C., are in central North America between Canada and Mexico. The state of Alaska is in the northwestern part of North America and the state of Hawaii is an archipelago in the mid-Pacific. The territories are scattered about the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea. At 3.8 million square miles (9.842 million km2) and with over 320 million people, the country is the world's third or fourth-largest by total area and the third most populous. It is one of the world's most ethnically diverse and multicultural nations, the product of large-scale immigration from many countries. The geography and climate of the United States are also extremely diverse, and the country is home to a wide variety of wildlife.
JFK'S "CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS" SPEECH (OCTOBER 22, 1962)
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This high-quality version of President Kennedy's 10/22/62 Cuban Missile Crisis speech is somewhat rare, because it is complete and unedited. Usually only small bits and pieces of the speech are presented on television and in documentaries. But this is the entire 18-minute address from start to finish. VIDEO SOURCE (NARA): http://Amazon.com/dp/B000UWKJ0E DOWNLOAD LINKS: http://Archive.org/details/gov.archives.arc.51510 RELATED PROGRAM: http://DVP-Potpourri.blogspot.com/2010/08/one-week-in-october.html
The Cuban Missile Crisis was the closest the world ever came to nuclear war. The United States armed forces were at their highest state of readiness ever and Soviet field commanders in Cuba were prepared to use battlefield nuclear weapons to defend the island if it was invaded. Luckily, thanks to the bravery of two men, President John F. Kennedy and Premier Nikita Khrushchev, war was averted. The tensions were at their height on October 27th, 1962, which was known as "Black Saturday". On October 14th, United States reconnaissance, USAF U-2 spy plane and a Navy F-8 Crusader observed and photographed missile bases being built in Cuba. The crisis ended two weeks later on October 28th, 1962, when President John F. Kennedy and the United Nations Secretary General reached an agreement with t...
William Devane and Martin Sheen star in this 1974 made-for-TV docu-drama about the Cuban Missile Crisis of October 1962. ©1974 Viacom Enterprises ©2001 MPI Home Video ALSO SEE: http://DVP-Video-Audio-Archive.blogspot.com/2012/03/one-week-in-october.html
***Original BBC Broadcast*** - Love Me Do [NOT AVALIBLE] - A Taste Of Honey [0:00] (CUT) - P.S. I Love You [NOT AVALIBLE] - Sheila [NOT BRODCASTED] RECORDED: 24 October, 1962 8:00 - 8:45 p.m. TRANSMITTED: 25 October 1962 5:00 - 5:30 p.m. ANNOUNCER: Unknown PRODUCER: Unknown The Beatles #3 BBC Appearance, first with Ringo. Only a excerp of A Taste Of Honey survived and Sheila was never broadcated.
The Cavern Club, Liverpool, September - October 1962 This recording probably dates from late September - early October 1962. It can be assumed that it was recorded for reference purposes by The Beatles themselves. How the tape came in to circulation is unclear. Likewise, while it is likely that the original tape contains or contained more, these performances are the only ones to surface. Some people speculated that these recordings feature Pete Best and its from March 1962, but Ringo has stated the he is the one playing on these recordings. Track Listing: 01. I Saw Her Standing There [0:00] 02. One After 909 (Version #1) [3:05] 03. One After 909 (Version #2) [6:13] 04. Catswalk (Version #1) [9:26] 05. Catswalk (Version #2) [10:47]
This PBS documentary explores the dramatic and little-known events that unfolded inside a nuclear-armed Russian submarine during the Cuban Missile Crisis of October 1962. While both U.S. and Russian politicians sought a solution to the stand-off, Vasili Arkhipov, an officer aboard the submarine, refused to fire a nuclear torpedo, thus averting disaster. The program combines tense drama with eyewitness accounts and expert testimony about a critical event during the Cold War. Additional Links — Episode: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/secrets/the-m... Link to Guardian Article: http://www.theguardian.com/commentisf... Codi von Richthofen.
JFK spoke to a panicked nation on the evening of October 22, 1962. This is the first eight minutes of the speech.
Our World October 1962 Part 1 Aired October 2, 1986 Cuban Missile Crisis, John Kennedy.
On October 22, 1962, in a nationally broadcast address, President John F. Kennedy revealed the presence of Soviet-built missile bases under construction in Cuba and announced a quarantine of all offensive military equipment being shipped to the Communist island nation. SOUNDBITE (English) John F Kennedy, President of the United States: "Good evening my fellow citizens: This Government, as promised, has maintained the closest surveillance of the Soviet Military buildup on the island of Cuba. Within the past week, unmistakable evidence has established the fact that a series of offensive missile sites is now in preparation on that imprisoned island. The purpose of these bases can be none other than to provide a nuclear strike capability against the Western Hemisphere. Upon receiving the fi...
This high-quality version of President Kennedy's 10/22/62 Cuban Missile Crisis speech is somewhat rare, because it is complete and unedited. Usually only small bits and pieces of the speech are presented on television and in documentaries. But this is the entire 18-minute address from start to finish. VIDEO SOURCE (NARA): http://Amazon.com/dp/B000UWKJ0E DOWNLOAD LINKS: http://Archive.org/details/gov.archives.arc.51510 RELATED PROGRAM: http://DVP-Potpourri.blogspot.com/2010/08/one-week-in-october.html
The Cuban Missile Crisis was the closest the world ever came to nuclear war. The United States armed forces were at their highest state of readiness ever and Soviet field commanders in Cuba were prepared to use battlefield nuclear weapons to defend the island if it was invaded. Luckily, thanks to the bravery of two men, President John F. Kennedy and Premier Nikita Khrushchev, war was averted. The tensions were at their height on October 27th, 1962, which was known as "Black Saturday". On October 14th, United States reconnaissance, USAF U-2 spy plane and a Navy F-8 Crusader observed and photographed missile bases being built in Cuba. The crisis ended two weeks later on October 28th, 1962, when President John F. Kennedy and the United Nations Secretary General reached an agreement with t...
William Devane and Martin Sheen star in this 1974 made-for-TV docu-drama about the Cuban Missile Crisis of October 1962. ©1974 Viacom Enterprises ©2001 MPI Home Video ALSO SEE: http://DVP-Video-Audio-Archive.blogspot.com/2012/03/one-week-in-october.html
***Original BBC Broadcast*** - Love Me Do [NOT AVALIBLE] - A Taste Of Honey [0:00] (CUT) - P.S. I Love You [NOT AVALIBLE] - Sheila [NOT BRODCASTED] RECORDED: 24 October, 1962 8:00 - 8:45 p.m. TRANSMITTED: 25 October 1962 5:00 - 5:30 p.m. ANNOUNCER: Unknown PRODUCER: Unknown The Beatles #3 BBC Appearance, first with Ringo. Only a excerp of A Taste Of Honey survived and Sheila was never broadcated.
The Cavern Club, Liverpool, September - October 1962 This recording probably dates from late September - early October 1962. It can be assumed that it was recorded for reference purposes by The Beatles themselves. How the tape came in to circulation is unclear. Likewise, while it is likely that the original tape contains or contained more, these performances are the only ones to surface. Some people speculated that these recordings feature Pete Best and its from March 1962, but Ringo has stated the he is the one playing on these recordings. Track Listing: 01. I Saw Her Standing There [0:00] 02. One After 909 (Version #1) [3:05] 03. One After 909 (Version #2) [6:13] 04. Catswalk (Version #1) [9:26] 05. Catswalk (Version #2) [10:47]
This PBS documentary explores the dramatic and little-known events that unfolded inside a nuclear-armed Russian submarine during the Cuban Missile Crisis of October 1962. While both U.S. and Russian politicians sought a solution to the stand-off, Vasili Arkhipov, an officer aboard the submarine, refused to fire a nuclear torpedo, thus averting disaster. The program combines tense drama with eyewitness accounts and expert testimony about a critical event during the Cold War. Additional Links — Episode: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/secrets/the-m... Link to Guardian Article: http://www.theguardian.com/commentisf... Codi von Richthofen.
JFK spoke to a panicked nation on the evening of October 22, 1962. This is the first eight minutes of the speech.
Our World October 1962 Part 1 Aired October 2, 1986 Cuban Missile Crisis, John Kennedy.
On October 22, 1962, in a nationally broadcast address, President John F. Kennedy revealed the presence of Soviet-built missile bases under construction in Cuba and announced a quarantine of all offensive military equipment being shipped to the Communist island nation. SOUNDBITE (English) John F Kennedy, President of the United States: "Good evening my fellow citizens: This Government, as promised, has maintained the closest surveillance of the Soviet Military buildup on the island of Cuba. Within the past week, unmistakable evidence has established the fact that a series of offensive missile sites is now in preparation on that imprisoned island. The purpose of these bases can be none other than to provide a nuclear strike capability against the Western Hemisphere. Upon receiving the fi...
A dramatization of the Kennedy administration's struggle to contain the Cuban Missile Crisis in October 1962.
dramatization ◘◘ http://marleyome.blogspot.com/0146309 of the Kennedy administration's struggle to contain the Cuban Missile Crisis in October 1962
A dramatization of the Kennedy administration's struggle to contain the Cuban Missile Crisis in October 1962.
A dramatization of the Kennedy administration's struggle to contain the Cuban Missile Crisis in October 1962.
A dramatization of the Kennedy administration's struggle to contain the Cuban Missile Crisis in October 1962.
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A dramatization of the Kennedy administration's struggle to contain the Cuban Missile Crisis in October 1962.
Thirteen Days 2000 Movie. dramatization ◘◘ of the Kennedy administration's struggle to contain the Cuban Missile Crisis in October 1962. A dramatization of the Kennedy administration's struggle to contain the Cuban Missile Crisis in October 1962. Thirteen Days takes place in the early days of October 1962, U.S. spy planes photograph the impending installation of Soviet missile sites in Cuba. While there is .