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Fidel Castro led a revolution that set up a socialist state in Cuba. Gains power of government
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Castro was sworn in as Prime Minister of Cuba, accepting the position on the condition that the Prime Minister's powers be increased.
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Throughout the month of January, sabotage and small bombing missions in Cuba increase in frequency.
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President Eisenhower holds a conference to discuss the situation in Cuba.The President said that Castro begins to "look like a madman.”
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President Eisenhower approves a budget of $13 million for the covert anti-Castro operation, as well as the use of the Department of Defense personnel and equipment. But at the conference, it's specified that at this time no United States military personnel are to be used in a combat status.
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US breaks off diplomatic relations with Cuba
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Bgins in the early hours of a Saturday morning. The CIA-backed brigade of Cuban exiles sends 8 bombers from Nicaragua to Cuba to destroy Fidel Castro’s air force on the ground.
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1,200 Cuban exiles landed at the Bay of Pigs
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With no more ammunition and no help from the Americans, the brigade collapses and takes refuge in swamps around the Bay of Pigs, where they are soon flushed out by Castro’s troops.
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After lifting the blockade of Cuba in 1962, the President invites Cuban refugees to ths US
