June 26th

On this day - June 26th 1963 - The "Ich bin ein Berliner" speech 

Ich bin ein Berliner is a famous quote from John F. Kennedys speech in Berlin in 1963. The reason behind the quote was to underline the US support for West- Germany after the building of the Berlin wall. 450.000 people had shown up to listen to the speech in Berlin.The speech is by many considered to be one of Kennedys best speeches and it has become known as a notable event during the Cold War. The speech is also well known because it has been claimed that that sentence "Ich bin ein Berliner" directly translated would mean that Kennedy was a Berliner. A Berliner is a Germany type of pastry. What Kennedy ment to say was that he was a citizen of Berlin, and the Berliner-cake translation have been disproved in recent time, much due to the fact that people in Berlin does not refer to the pastry as Berliner, but as Pfannkuchen.

October 28th

On this day - 28th October 1962 - Ended the Cuban Missile Crises 

The cuban missile crises lasted from the 16th to the 28th of October and was one of the most intense issues during the cold war. It was the closest the cold war came to become a warm, and potential nuclear, conflict. The reason for the conflict was the Soviet Unions deployment of ballistic missiles on Cuba after US failed "Bay of Pigs Invasion" of Cuba. After this followed a series of minor conflicts, including the US dropping of "Depth Charges" on a nuclear armed Soviet submarine and a military blockage by the US. On the 28th was finally an agreement between Kennedy and Khrushchev reached and agreed on by both sides.
The Soviet Union agreed to dismantle their offensive weapons on Cuba in exchange for an U.S official declaration to never invade Cuba without direct provocation. The US also agreed, in secretly, to dismantle U.S built Jupiter missiles in Turkey and Italy. As a result of the conflict was a hotline between Moscow and Washington established. The conflict became an embarrassment for Khrushchev, who fell from power only two years later.

J.F. Kennedy signing the proclamation authorizing the naval quarantine of Cuba