The Cuban Missile Crisis (October 14, 1962 \u2013 October 28, 1962) was a two-week escalation between the United States and the Soviet Union over Soviet nuclear missiles deployed in Cuba, just 90 miles from Florida. The crisis nearly escalated into a nuclear war, but successful negotiations between President John Kennedy and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev brought the confrontation to an end. The Cuban Missile Crisis is also known as the October Crisis, The Missile Scare, and the Caribbean Crisis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"