Cuban Missile Crisis
October 1962 confrontation between the Soviet Union, Cuba and the United States
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Summary
Cuban Missile Crisis is a political crisis[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of political crisis entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (30,281 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: Cuba[3]
- Instance of: conflict[4]
- Location: Cuba[5], Caribbean Sea[6]
- Part of: Cold War[7], history of Cuba[8]
- Commons category: Cuban Missile Crisis[9]
- Start time: October 14, 1962[10]
- End time: October 28, 1962[11]
- Point in time: 1962[12]
- Participant: Soviet Union[13], United States[14]
- Topic's main category: Category:Cuban Missile Crisis[15]
- Commons gallery: Cuban Missile Crisis[16]
- Facet of: Soviet Union–United States relations[17]
- Has effect: Removal of Khrushchev[18]
- Different from: Cuban Missile Crisis: The Aftermath[19], Q19919468[20]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[21]
Why It Matters
Cuban Missile Crisis has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] It is known by 84 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]