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In 1959, Fidel Castro came to power in an armed revolt that overthrew Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista.
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The CIA set up training camps in Guatemala, and by November the operation had trained a small army for an assault landing and guerilla warfare.
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Through Cuban intelligence, Castro learned of the guerilla training camps in Guatemala as early as October 1960, and the press reported widely on events as they unfolded.
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Shortly after his inauguration, in February 1961, President Kennedy authorized the invasion plan.
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On 3 April 1961, a bomb attack on militia barracks in Bayamo killed four militia, and wounded eight more.
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The first mishap occurred on April 15, 1961, when eight bombers left Nicaragua to bomb Cuban airfields.
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Falied invasion of Cuba by CIA trianed Cuban rebels in April, 1961- embarrassment to JFK administration.
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On April 17, the Cuban-exile invasion force, known as Brigade 2506, landed at beaches along the Bay of Pigs and immediately came under heavy fire.
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As the situation grew increasingly grim, President Kennedy authorized an "air-umbrella" at dawn on April 19—six unmarked American fighter planes took off to help defend the brigade's B-26 aircraft flying.
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On 6 April, the Hershey Sugar factory in Matanzas was destroyed by sabotage.
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13 days in 1962 in which the U.S., Cuba, and the Soviet Union came to the brink of nuclear war over the installment of missile sites in Cuba by the Soviets- Ssoviets withdrew sites.
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On December 23, 1962, just two months after the end of the Cuban Missile Crisis, a plane containing the first group of freed prisoners landed in the United States.
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President Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas, Tex. (
