Henry Stewart History on MSN
The moments when humanity nearly triggered nuclear war
This documentary looks at the two closest brushes with nuclear catastrophe: the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962 and the 1983 ...
On October 28, 1962, the Cuban Missile Crisis reached its tense conclusion — but the public story hid secret negotiations and ...
New satellite imagery has emerged showing the USS Gerald R. Ford positioned in Caribbean waters close to the U.S. Virgin Islands. Tensions are rising in the region as U.S. continues to build up its ...
Last month, November 22 was the 62nd anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy (JFK). To this day, there are countless unresolved “what if” questions about that day in Dallas. What ...
As most longtime Seattleites and historians know, President John F. Kennedy intended to visit the final day of the successful Seattle Century 21 World’s Fair on Oct. 21, 1962, but he didn’t. As the ...
When Angola gained independence in 1975, the Cuban military came to the new government’s defense. The mission had global reverberations, from hastening the fall of South African apartheid to reshaping ...
More than 63 years ago, the world narrowly escaped a nuclear third world war during the Cuban Missile Crisis. A veteran, who is today a resident of Cleveland, was right in the middle of that crisis.
A wannabe emperor goes in search of an empire. Ad Policy Donald Trump steps off the Marine One helicopter at the White House in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 30, 2025. Trump said on Tuesday the White ...
If the Doomsday Clock is a symbolic representation of how close the world is to destruction, in Kathryn Bigelow’s Netflix film “A House of Dynamite,” the ticking clock is no symbol. It is very real. A ...
From 1962 to 1965, 12 Atlas F ICBMs were housed in silos around Salina, Kansas. These missile sites were placed on high alert during the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis. The missile squadron was deactivated ...
MONROE, La. (KNOE) - In October 1962, the United States and the Soviet Union were at a stand-off for 13 days. U.S. spy planes had discovered construction of Soviet nuclear missile sites in Cuba. The U ...
Some results have been hidden because they may be inaccessible to you
Show inaccessible results