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This Happened — October 22: Kennedy’s Cuban Missile Crisis Address

This Happened — October 22: Kennedy's Cuban Missile Crisis Address

Updated October 22, 2024 at 11:30 a.m. U.S. President John F. Kennedy announced that American reconnaissance planes discovered Soviet nuclear weapons in Cuba, marking the beginning of the Cuban Missile Crisis on this day in 1962. What did President Kennedy reveal in his televised address? In his address, President Kennedy revealed that American reconnaissance planes […]

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This Happened – April 17: Bay Of Pigs Invasion

This Happened - April 17: Bay Of Pigs Invasion

Updated April 17, 2024 at 12:00 p.m. The Bay of Pigs invasion began on this day in 1961, when a force of around 1,400 Cuban exiles, backed by the United States government, landed at the Bay of Pigs on the southern coast of Cuba. What was the goal of the Bay of Pigs invasion? The […]

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