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Cuban Missile Crisis

Proper noun

Meaning

Cuban Missile Crisis

A diplomatic crisis in 1962, between the United States and the Soviet Union, over Soviet nuclear missiles placed in Cuba. It almost led to nuclear war.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

Accelerated decisionmaking might have pushed the Cuban Missile Crisis toward different outcomes. Source: Internet

“A Hard Rain’s a-Gonna Fall” (written in 1962) had nothing to do with the Cuban missile crisis. Source: Internet

As a radar controller he was involved in the Berlin Air Lift after WWII while stationed in Germany, and the Cuban missile crisis, while stationed at the 691st Radar Squadron in Cross City, FL. Source: Internet

A year later, during the Cuban Missile Crisis, Berlin was still on the president’s mind: he feared that if he attacked/invaded Cuba the Russians might counterpunch by seizing Berlin. Source: Internet

As 12 year olds, we told each other of our fears about dying during the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962. Source: Internet

Carnegie Medalist Mal Peet ignites an epic tale of young love against the dramatic backdrop of the Cold War and the Cuban Missile Crisis. Source: Internet

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