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November 4

US President

On this day in 1962, President Kennedy ordered a 48-hour suspension of US military combat operations in Cuba pending further developments with the Kosygin coup d'etat in Moscow.

US President - John F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy

Entry posted by Guest Historian Chris Oakley Email the AuthorVisit the Authors Web Site © Chris Oakley,2008-.
Story Tags Click on the hyperlinked metadata to surf the site! Permalinks: Post, Day. Browse Thread: Cuba62 Source: Wikipedia Labels: Cuban Missiles Crisis, Cuba, Andrei Kosygin, John F Kennedy, Nikita Khruschev.



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