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Cuba openly aligns itself with the Soviet Union and their policies.
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29023 |
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The U.S. terminates diplomatic and consular relation with Cuba.
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29024 |
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The U.S. terminates diplomatic and consular relation with Cuba.
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29025 |
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President Kennedy pledges the U.S. will not intervene militarily to overthrow Castro.
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29026 |
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President Kennedy pledges the U.S. will not intervene militarily to overthrow Castro.
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29027 |
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Backed by the U.S., a group of Cuban exiles invades Cuba at the Bay of Pigs in an attempt to trigger an anti-Castro rebellion. The invasion fails and more than a thousand Cuban rebels are captured by Castro's forces.
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29028 |
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Backed by the U.S., a group of Cuban exiles invades Cuba at the Bay of Pigs in an attempt to trigger an anti-Castro rebellion. The invasion fails and more than a thousand Cuban rebels are captured by Castro's forces.
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29029 |
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Khrushchev and Kennedy hold summit in Vienna.
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29030 |
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Khrushchev and Kennedy hold summit in Vienna.
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Castro announces that Cuba is taking measures that would make any direct U.S. attack on Cuba the equivalent of a world war. He claims that the U.S.S.R. has invested greatly in helping defend his country.
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