 What happened in Cuba in 64? Ah, 64. And it's not the Missile Crisis. John F. Kennedy and Mr. Khrushchev. And unfortunately, my dad and mom lost their trip on the only time they ever had a chance to go on a cruise ship. My dad won a sales thing in his lumber business. And they went all the way down to Fort Lauderdale to be told that they could not get on the boat.