President John F. Kennedy speaks during a televised speech to the nation about the strategic blockade of Cuba, and his warning to the Soviet Union about missile sanctions, during the Cuban missile crisis October 24, 1962 in Washington, DC.

A group of women from Women Strike for Peace holding placards relating to the Cuban missile crisis and to peace, New York, 1962. They were part of a larger group of 800 women strikers for peace on 47th St. near the United Nations building.

People gather on George Smathers Beach in Key West, Florida to see the Army's Hawk anti-aircraft missiles positioned there during Cuban Missile Crisis, Key West, Florida, 1962.

New Yorkers eager for news of the Cuban crisis line up to buy newspapers, New York, 1962.

A large group of customers in an unidentified store gather in the electronics department to watch President John F. Kennedy as he delivers a televised address to the nation on the subject of the Cuban Missile Crisis, California, October 22, 1962.

U.S. naval squadron located off the coast of Cuba (at the US base on Guantanamo Bay) at the time of the Cuban Missile Crisis in October 1962.