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On this day, October 25, 1962, Adlai Stevenson showed photos of Soviet missiles in Cuba at the UN.
UN Ambassador Adlai Stevenson confronts Soviet counterpart Valerian Zorin with photos of Soviet missiles in Cuba—when Zorin won’t say whether missiles are there, Stevenson says, “I am prepared to wait for an answer until hell freezes over, if that’s your decision!”—tomorrow 1962:
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Tue Oct 25, 2022: On this day, October 25, 1962, Adlai Stevenson showed photos of Soviet missiles in Cuba at the UN.