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First direct US-to-Cuba flights flying out of Kennedy Airport in Queens

WASHINGTON -- In spite of slowly improving relations with Cuba, pure tourism is still banned. But starting Tuesday, New York's first regularly scheduled direct charter flights to the communist nation ...
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TWE Remembers: JFK Fakes a Cold (Cuban Missile Crisis, Day Five)

Have you ever faked an illness to get out of a meeting or to avoid an obligation? President John F. Kennedy can do you one better. He faked a cold on Saturday, October 20, the fifth day of the Cuban ...
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This Day in History: JFK addresses the nation on Cuban Missile Crisis

WASHINGTON (WHSV) - Over 60 years ago on Oct. 22, 1962, President John F. Kennedy addressed the nation in a televised speech about U.S. spy planes’ discovery of Soviet missile bases in Cuba. Kennedy ...
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JetBlue first major airline to offer direct flights between Cuba, New York

ELMHURST (WABC) -- Passengers call it historic - JetBlue is the first major airline to offer direct flights between Cuba and New York City at JFK Airport after travel restrictions were eased by the ...
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This Day in History: JFK prevents nuclear war, ending Cuban Missile Crisis

The United States has been close to war a number of times, but 63 years ago was the closest this country has ever gotten to nuclear war. President John F. Kennedy addressed the nation in a national ...
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JetBlue to Offer Flights From NYC to Cuba

JetBlue has announced it will begin offering roundtrip flights to Cuba out of New York's Kennedy Airport each week. The Queens-based airline becomes the first major carrier to announce a new flight to ...
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Handling of the Cuban Missile Crisis

A U.S. Air Force surveillance flight over Cuba in October 1962 turned up evidence of what U.S. officials had feared: the Soviet Union was installing nuclear-armed missiles on the island. The discovery ...
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This day in car history: Kennedy bans trade with Cuba, including cars

In February 1962, President John F. Kennedy proclaimed an embargo on trade between the United States and Cuba. Known among Cubans as “el bloqueo” or “the blockade,” the embargo consists of economic ...
Forbes

Why Lessons From 1962’s Cuban Missile Crisis Are Still Relevant Today

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Edward Segal covers crisis-related news, topics, and issues. The Cuban Missile Crisis highlights how misinformation and ...
Time

A Key Lesson of the Cuban Missile Crisis? The U.S. Needs Allies

Delegates raise their hands in a vote of 19-1 approving the United State' decision to take steps against Cuba, during a meeting of the Organization of American States, called by President Kennedy, to ...
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Cuban missile crisis: 13 stormy days in Oct 1962 when US, USSR came to brink of nuclear conflict

New Delhi: Miscalculation, misinformation and misperceptions in the fall of 1962 almost brought the two superpowers of the time, the US and the USSR, to the brink of nuclear conflict, as the sandy ...