WCCO continues to look back on 100 years in celebration of a century on-air!

In 1962, one of the most dramatic moments of the 20th century seemingly brought the world to the edge of nuclear war when the "Cuban Missile Crisis" unfolded. The standoff between the U.S. and the Soviet Union led to blockades of Cuba and eventually a withdrawal of nuclear weapons by the U.S.S.R. from the Caribbean island just 90 miles away from the U.S. 

(Images: John Fitzgerald Kennedy announcing on television the strategic blockade of Cuba, and his warning to the Soviet Union about missile sanctions during the Cuban missile crisis, 22nd October 1962. Photo by Keystone/Getty Images.)