What was the day in 1962 called when the nuclear war almost happened?

Correct answer: Black Saturday

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What people think about it: 22 Comments
tunegrabber
tunegrabber
hope some lessons were learned...
Nurse
Nurse
The house we rented was built during that time period. It had a functional bomb shelter!
ole biker
ole biker
weedwhacker, too many of those lessons have been forgotten I'm afraid.
Player Glamingo60
Player Glamingo60
I was in the 5th grade and our teacher rolled in a tv and we watched it unfold. Many many years later reflecting on that week I can’t imagine a school allowing something similar today. For myself and most of my classmates we were just confident JFK would “win” the stare down against the evil commies. We just knew that.
NumberChaser
NumberChaser
Glad it never escalated further. My dad was a Marine, and was on alert to ship out. He never did see live action. Lived a full life until last June, great run.
Player Gigi #28446253
Player Gigi #28446253
Player #11838129, if he were here, we wouldn't be in this (political) mess!
bribiepete
bribiepete
The crisis occurred after the USA placed nuclear missiles in Turkey as a stance against the USSR and the failed US-backed Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba. USSR then agreed with Castro (Cuba) to place nuclear missiles in Cuba. While I believe the West has saved us from tyrannic rulers many times, our role in provocating conflict is often omitted .
slomogeo
slomogeo
Player Glamingo60, 2nd grade for me.i remember:sirens black and yellow signs ducking under our desks.detonation films.
Warko
Warko
You should also mention a guy from ZSSR Who s job was to launch misilles when alarm rings. Luckyly he didint do it ;)
Jam
Jam
My boyfriend and I were on a trip to Florida decided to go to the keys and didn’t have much money so we were going to sleep on the beach about 930 at night. The police came and said head for Miami get out of here then the next day we read in the paper all about the Cuban missile crisis Wow that was close
Dreams
Dreams
If only they would learn a few lessons.
PensivePhoenix21
PensivePhoenix21
akeem , I'm sure you're aware of this by now, but the US is NOT trying to put nukes in Ukraine. They won't unless Russia launches an unprovoked nuclear strike on another country, which is still highly unlikely
Player #68738491
Player #68738491
wasn't born yet sounds pretty scary
akeem
akeem
Yet the US is trying to do in Ukraine what they would not allow Russia do in Cuba. I wish no country has nuclear weapon anyway. I wonder why anyone is keeping weapon that can destroy a million lives in one go.
Danny G
Danny G
No hotline? Why didn't they just communicate with an email or text? or Facebook or Twitter.
Skyfire
Skyfire
NumberChaser, Rest In Peace
paul
paul
Player Glamingo60, "the evil enemies" it was okay for the US to place their nukes in Turkey BEFORE the Russians placed them in Cuba though wasn't it...Sadly the USA are constantly the aggressors yet are hypocritical with their policies
Donna
Donna
History documentaries have proven that the USA was so VERY close to harms way!!! Scary 😨
nc
nc
I turned 13 the second day into the Crisis. It was a tense time and I had a knot in my stomach throughout the negotiations. I was scared we would all die.
jwtgolfer
jwtgolfer
My mom was 5 months pregnant with me at that time.
Aradlaw
Aradlaw
Player #18639837, my wife remembers the same, as if the desks would offer much protection.
Player #21035860
Player #21035860
Player Glamingo60, I remember that day. I did not know it had a name.