On Oct. 22, 1962, in a nationally broadcast address, President John F. Kennedy revealed the presence of Soviet-built missile bases under construction in Cuba and announced a naval blockade of all offensive military equipment being shipped to the Communist island nation. This photo combo shows Cuban leader Fidel Castro, above, delivering a speech regarding his conversation with United Nations Secretary-General Maha Thray Sithu U Thant in Cuba, Oct. 23, 1962, and below, President John F. Kennedy calls on a reporter at a news conference in Washington, April 3, 1963. Here is a collection of stories from Deseret News archives about the crisis, the personalities — Kennedy, Nikita Khrushchev and Fidel Castro — involved and the Cold War in general: