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| 1961 | Bay of Pigs Castro Ruz, Fidel Alejandro |  |
| 17th April Cochinos Bay 1,209 captured exiles are tried, a few executed and the rest sentenced to 30 yrs in prison for treason, after 20 months of negotiation with the USA, Cuba releases the exiles in exchange for dollars & medicine |
| 17th April Cochinos Bay Approximately 1,400 members of a CIA-trained Cuban exile force land at the Bay of Pigs, while the United States deny any involvement |
| 17th April Cochinos Bay Four 2,400-ton chartered transports (named the Houston, Rio Escondido, Caribe, and Atlantico) transport 1,511 Cuban exiles to the Bay of Pigs on the Southern coast of Cuba |
| 17th April Cochinos Bay Kennedy decides against giving the faltering invasion USAair support (though four USApilots were killed in Cuba during the invasion) because of his opposition to overt intervention |
| 17th April Cochinos Bay President Kennedy withdraws support for the invasion at the last minute by canceling several bombing sorties that could have crippled the entire Cuban Air Force |
| 17th April Cochinos Bay The CIA assumed that the invasion would spark a popular uprising against Castro, however by the time the invasion began, Castro had already executed some who were suspected of colluding with the American campaign |
| 1961 | Constitution Castro Ruz, Fidel Alejandro | |
| 1st May As hundreds of thousands celebrate May Day, Castro announces Cuba is a socialist nation & abolishes elections |
| 1st May Castro forms a dictatorship & declares himself to be a Marxist-Leninist |
| 1961 | Dictatorship Castro Ruz, Fidel Alejandro | |
| 1st May Castro forms a dictatorship & declares himself to be a Marxist-Leninist |
| 1961 | Diplomacy Castro Ruz, Fidel Alejandro | |
| 3rd Jan Eisenhower breaks off diplomatic relations with Cuba |
| 1961 | Economy Castro Ruz, Fidel Alejandro | |
| 3rd Jan Eisenhower breaks off diplomatic relations with Cuba |
| 1961 | Election Castro Ruz, Fidel Alejandro | |
| 1st May Havana As hundreds of thousands celebrate May Day, Castro announces Cuba is a socialist nation & abolishes elections |
| 1961 | Invasion of Bay of Pigs Cardona, Jose | |
| 17th April Cochinos Bay Lands a force of 1,500 Cuban exiles in an attempt to overthrow Fidel Castro |
| 1961 | Invasion of Bay of Pigs Castro Ruz, Fidel Alejandro | |
| 17th April Cochinos Bay Approximately 1,400 members of a CIA-trained Cuban exile force land at the Bay of Pigs, while the United States deny any involvement |
| 20th April Cochinos Bay Castro succeeds in killing or capturing the Bay of Pigs invaders |
| 1961 | Invasion of Cuba Castro Ruz, Fidel Alejandro | |
| 17th April Cochinos Bay President Kennedy withdraws support for the invasion at the last minute by canceling several bombing sorties that could have crippled the entire Cuban Air Force |
| 17th April Cochinos Bay The CIA assumed that the invasion would spark a popular uprising against Castro, however by the time the invasion began, Castro had already executed some who were suspected of colluding with the American campaign |
