Historical eventApril 171961

Bay of Pigs Invasion

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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When
Monday, April 17 196165 years ago
Category
Historical eventA dated happening — a battle, treaty, launch, discovery, disaster or decision — recorded on this calendar day.
Era
20th century · 1960s
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Dates: From 1961.

What happened

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.

April 17 through the years

Other entries on the same calendar day, in order.

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  6. 2006Palestinians
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  8. 2013West Fertilizer Company explosion
  9. 2013Death and funeral of Margaret Thatcher
  10. 2014NASA
  11. 2021Death and funeral of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

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April 17 1961 — 65 years ago, on a Monday.

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