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Castro's policy of seizing businesses and confiscating the property of the wealthy raises concerns in the United States about Communist influence. The United States decides to support a group of Cuban exiles in their attempt to topple the Castro regime.
Castro establishes full diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union becomes Cuba's major trading partner and source of funds and military supplies.
An American U-2 reconnaissance plane is shot down over central Soviet Union. Pilot Gary Powers is held by the Soviets.
The Soviets decide to withdraw economic and military assistance from China. They also recall thousands of Soviet advisers from China. This comes as a serious blow to the economy of China which is barely recovering from the failure of the "Great Leap Forward". The ideological rift between China and the Soviet Union widens.
Somalia is granted independence.
John F. Kennedy is elected president of the United States.
A photographic history of the life of John F Kennedy.
Cuba openly aligns itself with the domestic and foreign policies of the Soviet Union and indicates its solidarity with the Sino-Soviet Bloc.
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