Title: President Kennedy in the Oval Office

Description: During the tense weeks of the Cuban Missile Crisis in October of 1962, President Kennedy avoided a nuclear confrontation with the Soviet Union. Here, President Kennedy braves an onslaught from the press about the status of nuclear warheads in Cuba.

Date: October 23, 1962

Creator: Robert Knudsen

Credit: Robert Knudsen, White House, John F. Kennedy Library