During a 13-day crisis in 1962, the U.S. and Soviet Union came very close to a full nuclear war. what was this crisis called?

Question

the Kissinger stalemate
the Cuban missile crisis
the Congo Crisis
the Mexico incident

Answer 1

The crisis you are referring to is called the Cuban Missile Crisis. It occurred in October 1962 and was a 13-day confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union over the presence of Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba.