/tags/cuban-missile-crisis Cuban Missile Crisis en-US WLRN Mon, 02 Mar 2020 21:54:33 GMT /show/sundial/2020-03-02/florida-is-preparing-for-coronavirus-transit-alliances-new-bus-plan-the-cuban-missile-crisis On this Monday, March 2, episode of Sundial:How Florida is preparing for the Coronavirus Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has declared a public health… Mon, 02 Mar 2020 21:54:33 GMT /show/sundial/2020-03-02/florida-is-preparing-for-coronavirus-transit-alliances-new-bus-plan-the-cuban-missile-crisis /news/2017-02-17/pythons-mysteries-and-missiles-fundraiser-celebrates-hidden-everglades-history A hidden military base. Python catchers from India. Galápagos tortoises and a world-renowned herpetologist. It sounds like an Indiana Jones movie.But it's… Fri, 17 Feb 2017 07:09:13 GMT /news/2017-02-17/pythons-mysteries-and-missiles-fundraiser-celebrates-hidden-everglades-history Kate Stein /television/2014-01-13/stories-of-conflict-cuba-rommel-the-art-of-war On Tuesday nights, ¸Û°ÄÌìϲÊpresents stories of conflict: wars, warriors and weapons. On January 14, starting at 8:00 p.m., the line-up includes the Cuban… Mon, 13 Jan 2014 16:05:14 GMT /television/2014-01-13/stories-of-conflict-cuba-rommel-the-art-of-war Daniel Hicks /show/topical-currents/2013-06-04/5-myths-about-nuclear-weapons 06/04/13 - Tuesday's Topical Currents is with nuclear historian Ward Wilson, author of FIVE MYTHS ABOUT NUCLEAR WEAPONS. Millions of American baby-boomers… Tue, 04 Jun 2013 17:00:00 GMT /show/topical-currents/2013-06-04/5-myths-about-nuclear-weapons Joseph Cooper /show/topical-currents/2013-04-15/what-you-dont-know-about-the-cuban-revolution 04/15/13 - Monday’s Topical Currents is with Temple University professor and investigative author Joan Mellen. She’s written THE GREAT GAME IN CUBA: How… Mon, 15 Apr 2013 17:00:00 GMT /show/topical-currents/2013-04-15/what-you-dont-know-about-the-cuban-revolution Joseph Cooper /politics/2013-01-16/the-rise-of-the-cuban-american-democrat The Cuban-American Democrat. It is an unusual breed in Florida.Since the failed Bay of Pigs invasion in 1961 made the Democratic administration of John F.… Wed, 16 Jan 2013 19:00:00 GMT /politics/2013-01-16/the-rise-of-the-cuban-american-democrat /this-miami-life/2012-10-26/south-florida-in-the-cross-hairs-charles-carter October 1962 was life-changing for Miami native Charles Carter. Though he was only 16, he skipped school to go to an Army Recruiting Office the morning… Fri, 26 Oct 2012 16:00:00 GMT /this-miami-life/2012-10-26/south-florida-in-the-cross-hairs-charles-carter Rich Halten /news/2012-10-25/it-would-have-been-a-total-holocaust Fifty years ago we came within a pushed-button of nuclear war with the Soviet Union. Dr. Henry Mack, IV remembers it well. The 81-year-old resident of… Thu, 25 Oct 2012 14:41:10 GMT /news/2012-10-25/it-would-have-been-a-total-holocaust /this-miami-life/2012-10-24/how-the-cuban-missile-crisis-shaped-miami Where were you on October 22, 1962?If you aren’t old enough to remember, ask someone over 50. That day, when President Kennedy revealed in a national TV… Thu, 25 Oct 2012 00:06:48 GMT /this-miami-life/2012-10-24/how-the-cuban-missile-crisis-shaped-miami Rich Halten /2012-10-16/cuban-missile-crisis-passes-quietly-50-years-later The crisis brought the world as close as it's ever been to nuclear war, when the Soviet Union deployed dozens of nuclear weapons in Cuba. On that island nation, where those tense 13 days are known as the October Crisis, the event is being marked in a low-key way. Tue, 16 Oct 2012 07:01:00 GMT /2012-10-16/cuban-missile-crisis-passes-quietly-50-years-later Nick Miroff