"Cuban Missile Crisis" meaning in English

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Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun|head=Cuban Missile Crisis}} Cuban Missile Crisis
  1. A diplomatic crisis in 1962, between the United States and the Soviet Union, over Soviet nuclear missiles placed in Cuba. It almost led to nuclear war. Wikipedia link: Cuban Missile Crisis
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