1400 Cuban exiles recruited and trained by the CIA landed on the island to overthrow Fidel Castro.
The operation was a failure. It was planned under the administration of Dwight Eisenhower, but it occurred under the tenure of John F. Kennedy.
April, 17 1961
Bay of Pigs Invasion
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