Answer:
Here is a chronological order of events that led to the Cuban Missile Crisis:
1959: Fidel Castro overthrows the U.S.-backed government of Fulgencio Batista in Cuba.
1960: The U.S. breaks off diplomatic relations with Cuba.
1961: The U.S. attempts to overthrow Castro in the Bay of Pigs invasion, but the invasion fails.
1962: The Soviet Union begins to secretly build nuclear missile bases in Cuba.
October 14, 1962: A U.S. U-2 spy plane takes photographs of the missile bases in Cuba.
October 15, 1962: President John F. Kennedy meets with his advisors and decides to impose a naval blockade on Cuba to prevent the delivery of more missiles.
October 16, 1962: Kennedy announces the naval blockade in a televised address to the nation.
October 17, 1962: The Soviet Union agrees to a U.S.-proposed deal to remove the missiles from Cuba in exchange for a U.S. promise not to invade Cuba.
October 28, 1962: The Soviet Union begins to dismantle the missile bases in Cuba.
November 20, 1962: The last of the Soviet missiles are removed from Cuba.
November 20, 1962: The U.S. naval blockade of Cuba is lifted.
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