President John Fitzgerald Kennedy leaves the Saint Stephen Martyr Catholic church after attending mass, on October 28, 1962 ...

The United States and the Soviet Union pulled back from the nuclear brink, chastened by their brush with nuclear Armageddon.

Sometimes luck and personal courage matter as much as skillful diplomacy in preventing catastrophes.

Explore October 27 in history, from Black Saturday and the Cuban Missile Crisis to Amsterdam, Kashmir, New York’s subway, and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The front page of the Deseret News on Oct. 23, 1962, as President John F. Kennedy reported to the U.S. public about a growing ...

In October 1962, RF-8 Crusaders flew low over Cuba on Operation Blue Moon to photograph suspected Soviet missile sites. Their high-speed reconnaissance produced clearer imagery than high-altitude U-2 ...

Kennedy delivered an address to the country on the Cuban Missile Crisis. In a televised speech, Kennedy told the country that spy planes had discovered Soviet missile bases in Cuba capable of ...

Explore October 22 in history, from Kennedy’s Cuban Missile Crisis address to xerography, Venera 9, Chandrayaan-1, and other milestones.

The Navy’s newest fighter jet successfully landed and took off from its newest aircraft carrier, the Navy said Thursday. A F-35C Lightning II made a trapped landing and catapult launch on Tuesday ...