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Events on Monday 17 April 1961 1
1961Bay of Pigs InvasionFailed CIA-backed invasion of CubaA brigade of Cuban exiles trained and financed by the CIA landed at the Bay of Pigs to overthrow Fidel Castro's government. Cuban forces defeated the invasion within three days, embarrassing the Kennedy administration and pushing Cuba closer to the Soviet Union.