A claim that former President John F. Kennedy ordered 1,200 Cuban cigars right before outlawing them has been circulating online for years. For example, one X user, whose post had amassed more than 14 ...

On 16 Oct 1962, Kennedy’s NSA walked into the White House with ‘proof’ of Soviet missile deployment in Cuba. What followed ...

In October 1962, the world narrowly escaped a nuclear war between the US and the Soviet Union. US President John F. Kennedy ...

A clip from the BBC Archive from President John Kennedy’s television broadcast to the American people on the Cuban Missile Crisis. Sutable for teaching GCSE History units on The Cold War in England ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Americans know of JFK for many different reasons. Some love him for his charisma, others for his optimistic vision for America, and most, of ...

Americans like a good story. Especially ones that glory in our history of rugged individualism, going it alone, standing up for what’s right and not taking guff from anyone. Stuff like John Wayne ...

"This book is based on the exhibition "To the Brink: JFK and the Cuban Missile Crisis," presented in the Lawrence F. O'Brien Gallery at the National Archives Building, Washington, DC, from October 12, ...

The ultimate source of action -- The fourteenth day -- Eyes in the sky -- The postmortem season -- Mockingbird don't sing -- The bomber problem -- Standing in judgment -- A tub of butter -- The ...

The 350-page document is expected to shed light on the KGB’s secret insights into the events surrounding Kennedy’s ...

The Cuban Missile Crisis was a major confrontation that brought the United States, and the Soviet Union close to war over the ...

After thanking every Democratic president since John F. Kennedy for their open policy toward Cuba, Ileana Fuentes, in her Jan. 16 op-ed, “Jimmy Carter: Yet another Democrat who helped Cubans,” ...