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Cuban Missile Crisis

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January 1, 1959
After a six-year long revolution President Fulgencio Batista flees Cuba and Fidel Castro assumes power after proclaiming victory in Santiago.

February 2, 1959
Cuba declares Fidel Castro to be the new premier and president.

October 28, 1959
Turkey and the United States agree to deploy fifteen nuclear-tipped Jupiter missiles in Turkey starting on June 1, 1961. Turkey
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