What conflict lasted 13 days and threatened global nuclear war

This would be the Cuban Missile Crisis! it lasted from October 16th till October 28th (hence 13 days) of 1962, and was a confrontation between the US and the Soviet Union that could have resulted in a nuclear war.

It ended when both countries agreed to withdraw their missiles from other countries: Cuba and Italy.

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