Construction began when the first cornerstone was laid in October of 1792. Although President Washington oversaw the construction of the house, he never lived in it. It was not until 1800, when the White House was nearly completed, that its first residents, President John Adams and his wife, Abigail, moved in.
A major impact of the Cuban Missile Crisis was that it brought the world dangerously close to nuclear war. This crisis showed that there was great potential for a nuclear armed conflict to potentially break out.
