Cuban Missile Crisis
October 1962
Cronkite had begun hosting the CBS Evening News only six months prior to the 13-day U.S. military blockade, and became America's go-to man for information on the ordeal. —Kyle Lucovsky
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Walter Cronkite: 9 Defining Moments
From the Apollo missions to JFK and MLK, we trace a news legend's career
Walter Cronkite: 9 Defining Moments
Kennedy: Getty Images; Castro: Keystone/Eyedea/Everett Collection
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