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| 1962 | Castro Ruz, Fidel Alejandro |  |
| Khrushchev wants to locate missiles in Cuba as a deterrent to a USAinvasion & justifies the move in response to USAmissile deployment in Turkey |
| The USAgovernment views the installation of Soviet nuclear weapons 90 miles south of Key West as an aggressive act & a threat to USAsecurity |
| Oct Khrushchev agrees to remove the missiles in exchange for a USAcommitment not to invade Cuba & that the USAwill remove American MRBMs targeting Russia from Turkey & Italy |
| Oct Soviet field commanders in Cuba are authorized to use tactical nuclear weapons if attacked by the United States |
| 22nd Oct The USAannounce its discovery of missile sites, & implements a quarantine around Cuba that woul intercept & search vessels heading for Cuba |
| 27th Oct Castro urges Khrushchev to launch a nuclear first strike against the United States if Cuba is invaded, but Khrushchev rejected any first strike response |
| 28th Oct Castro demands that the USA evacuate Cuba's Guantanamo naval base |
| 1980 | Castro Ruz, Fidel Alejandro | |
| April Mariel 125,000 migrant Cubans board USAbound vessels at Port Mariel |
| April Havana Dissidents occupy the Peruvian Embassy & Cuba allows a mass exodus from Port Mariel |
