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What was one major event that Adlai Stevenson II dealt with during his service as UN ambassador in 1962?
Iranian Revolution
Cuban missile Crisis
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Answer
The Cuban Missile Crisis was a tense standoff between the United States and the Soviet Union that occurred in October 1962 over the Soviet Union's deployment of nuclear missiles in Cuba. The crisis escalated when U.S. President John F. Kennedy imposed a naval blockade on Cuba to prevent further missile shipments and demanded the removal of those already there.
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