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Previously on Jimmy Aiken's mysterious world. Between 1947 and 1991, the world was locked in a

decades-long confrontation between East and West. It was known as the Cold War,

a terrifying stalemate that threatened to become World War III and devastate the globe with

nuclear war. One of the most dangerous moments of the Cold War occurred in 1962 when it was

discovered that the Soviet Union was placing nuclear missiles in Cuba just 90 miles from the US

coast. The result was a 13-day international emergency known as the Cuban Missile Crisis.

The key players were American President John F. Kennedy, Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev,

and Cuban Prime Minister Fidel Castro. The fate of the world lay in the hands of these three men.

And we came within a whisker of a nuclear war that would have killed a third of humanity.

You're listening to Episode 214 of Jimmy Aiken's mysterious world. We will look at mysteries from

the twin perspectives of faith and reason. In this episode, we're talking about the Cuban

Missile Crisis and how we almost went to nuclear war three times in one day. I'm Tom Betanelli,

and joining me today is Jimmy Aiken. Hey Jimmy, how do you, Tom? In 1962, the Cuban Missile Crisis

brought the world to the brink of nuclear war. American President Kennedy and Soviet Premier Khrushchev

navigated the first 11 days of the crisis successfully. But the worst day known as Black Saturday

was yet to come. And nuclear war could have started three times on that day. We were on the

edge of Armageddon. And that's what we'll be talking about on this episode of Jimmy Aiken's

mysterious world. Jimmy, what happened on the 12th day of the Cuban Missile Crisis Saturday,

October 27th? This day would be the worst of the crisis with nuclear war almost starting at

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