For 13 days, the world held its breath.

On October 28, 1962, Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev announced on Radio Moscow that the Soviet missiles in Cuba would be dismantled and shipped home. In return, President John F. Kennedy pledged not to invade Cuba, and in a secret understanding the US later removed its Jupiter missiles from Turkey.

The Cuban Missile Crisis is often called the closest the world has ever come to nuclear war. Its aftermath produced the Moscow–Washington hotline, set up in 1963 so leaders could talk directly in a crisis.

What do you think was the most important lesson of those 13 days?

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