The negotiation would come to be known as the Cuban Missile Crisis and would be one of Kennedy's most lasting legacies. Narrator: The Soviets seemed intent on testing the quarantine line that ...

In what is known as the Cuban Missile Crisis, Kennedy placed a naval blockade around ... He was 46 years old. In his inaugural speech, Kennedy famously declared, “Ask not what your country can do for ...

In a campaign speech for a Massachusetts State Senate ... President Kennedy refused to launch an invasion. Following the Cuban Missile Crisis, Kennedy’s stature rose in the eyes of his ...

Kennedy, right, with his brother Robert, during the Cuban missile crisis in 1962 ... —“a rallying cry” (the Chicago Tribune), “a speech of rededication” (the Philadelphia Bulletin ...

Here's a look at key events leading up to the Cuban missile crisis and what unfolded ... and U.S. President John F. Kennedy.

The Cuban Missile ... Kennedy made it clear that any missiles launched from Cuba would be regarded as an attack by the Soviet Union, whether they were aimed at the United States or not. As his ...

Kennedy was under pressure to stand up to the communist Soviet Union. This would influence some of the decisions he took in dealing with the Cuban Missile Crisis. Narrator: In 1959, Fidel Castro ...