On This Day - What happened 28 October 1962 AD

On October 28, Khrushchev agreed to dismantle the missile sites, subject to UN inspections.

De Gaulle's proposal to change the election procedure for the French presidency was approved at the referendum on 28 October 1962 by more than three-fifths of voters despite a broad "coalition of no" formed by most of the parties, opposed to a presidential regime.