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"On that unhappy island... the news has grown worse instead of better", said JFK after a failed April 1961 landing here |
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HISTORY |
2026-03-11 |
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Concerning this failed operation, JFK said, "the Cuban people have not yet spoken their final piece" |
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HISTORICAL QUOTES |
2013-01-04 |
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In 1961 1,300 Cuban refugees invaded this "porcine" location, but without air cover; oops |
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HISTORY |
2006-02-07 |
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Of this failed invasion, JFK said, "Victory has a hundred fathers and defeat is an orphan" |
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HISTORIC QUOTATIONS |
1995-09-22 |
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After this 1961 invasion, Fidel Castro announced he would exchange prisoners for 500 U.S. bulldozers |
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MODERN HISTORY |
1993-01-05 |
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Some feel if N.Y. Times had printed its info on this '61 invasion, it wouldn't have happened |
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20THCENTURY AMERICA |
1986-12-03 |
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