15 September 1962 Posted on September 14, 2014 by Staff The Soviet ship Poltava heads toward Cuba to set in motion the Cuban Missile Crisis. Famous Words of Inspiration..."The fact is, that to do anything in the world worth doing, we must not stand back shivering and thinking of the cold and danger, but jump in and scramble through as well as we can." Robert Cushing — Click here for more from Robert Cushing Related posts: 20 June 1963 20 June 1963 16 June 1858 6 September 1962 19 May 1962 12 July 1962 5 October 1962 12 July 1962 2 March 1962 2 June 1962