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U-2 flight confirms Soviet missiles in Cuba

1962 · importance 2/5 · ai_extracted

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Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA whole source · open book
At first light on October 14, a U-2 aircraft, piloted by Air Force Major Richard D. Heyser of the Strategic Air Command, flew over western Cuba, taking 928 photographs in six minutes.

chapter: Chapter 18

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Start date (EDTF) 1962 End date (EDTF, empty for a point event)

1914 · 1914-07-28 · -0489 (490 BCE) · 1930~ (circa) · 19XX (century) · 197X (decade)

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