This Day in Railroad History

April 17

1961

65 years ago

General

Bay of Pigs Invasion: A group of Cuban exiles financed and trained by the CIA...

Bay of Pigs Invasion: A group of Cuban exiles financed and trained by the CIA lands at the Bay of Pigs in Cuba with the aim of ousting Fidel Castro.

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