the cuban missile crisis

the cuban missile crisis

Parallel - The Cuban Missile Crisis

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Living through the Cuban Missile Crisis was stressful enough, but it was even more so for Rita Kalish and Georgina Pallerols Thompson. Rita went into labor on October 27, 1962, and gave birth to her daughter Janet one day later, the last day of the Crisis. Georgina gave birth to her daughter Alicia one day later. Coincidentally, Janet and Alicia met at Hamilton College and remain close friends to this day. Rita and Georgina met and their daughters' graduation, and spoke about their similar circumstances 21 years earlier that occurred 1500 miles apart.