On April 17, 1961, some 1,400 CIA-trained Cuban exiles launched the Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba in an attempt to topple ...

MIAMI, Florida (CNN) -- Four decades after CIA-backed Cuban exiles landed at the Bay of Pigs, passions still run high among survivors of the abortive invasion. So high, in fact, that Bay of Pigs ...

A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On April 17, 1961, some 1,400 CIA-trained ...

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April 17th marks a day filled with events that have significantly shaped the course of history across various continents and ...

This week marks 64 years since the 1961 landing of Cuban exiles on the southern shores of their homeland in what was, ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has commemorated the anniversary of the Assault Brigade 2506’s (Brigade 2506) involvement in ...

Yesterday, a rare Douglas A-26 Bomber flew into Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport. Today, it will do a flyover ...

1963 (UPI)-President Kennedy said Thursday that the United States never planned to provide air cover for the ill-fated Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba.He also told a news conference that continuous ...

Leo Baker, Wade Gray, Pete Ray and Riley Shamburger, members of the 117th Reconnaissance Wing Alabama Air National Guard, risked their lives as they invaded Cuba in a secretive CIA mission to ...

On the 63rd anniversary of the Bay of Pigs invasion, four Alabama airmen who lost their lives during the mission were honored ...

Unknown Speaker: "An invasion force landed in south central ... has equipped them with the latest weapons and put at their disposal airplanes and warships. "Moreover, only three days ago President ...