The Cuban Missile Crisis of October 1962 was a direct and dangerous confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War and was the moment when the two superpowers came closest to nuclear conflict.
Colossus (born Piotr Rasputin, also known as Peter Rasputin) is a mutant who can cover his entire body in an incredibly dense, organic metallic layer, which grants him incredible levels of physical strength and durability.
One of the most prominent parts of Colossus is the input device on the right, nicknamed 'the bedstead'. It is an optical reader for punched paper tapes, than can read data at the phenomenal speed of 5000 characters per second!