Question

Which event marked the beginning of the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Responses

Cuban revolutionaries staged a coup against Fidel Castro.

Cuban revolutionaries staged a coup against Fidel Castro.

U.S. spy planes photographed Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba.

U.S. spy planes photographed Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba.

The United States refused to remove its nuclear missiles from Cuba.

The United States refused to remove its nuclear missiles from Cuba.

Soviet spy planes photographed U.S. nuclear missiles being built in Cuba.

Answer 1

U.S. spy planes photographed Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba. (This occurred on October 14, 1962, triggering the Cuban Missile Crisis.)