On This Day In 1962, President John F. Kennedy Announces That Soviet Missile Bases Have Been Found In Cuba. The Bases Were In Construction At The Time Of The Speech. However, If They Were Built They Would Have Been Capable Of Destroying The Major Cities Of The United States. Kennedy Announced That He Ordered A Blockade Around Cuba So That More Lethal Weapons Would Not Be Shipped Over To Cuba. Soviet’s Did Not Budge From The United States As They Continued To Build The Bases. The Soviet’s Finally Agreed To Stop Building The Missiles After The United States Promised Not To Invade Cuba And Agreed To Remove Their Missiles That Were Targeted On The Soviet Union From Turkey.