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Feb 6, 2023

[VIDEO] Robert S. McNamara Program on Soviet Weapons in Cuba

Feb. 6, 1963 - In an unprecedented nationally televised revelation of U.S. intelligence procedures, Defense Department officials...

Jan 25, 2023

1,170 Refugees Reach Florida, Many In Poor Condition

Jan. 25, 1963 - Another group of 1,170 refugees reached the U.S. today from Cuba. Some were old and in poor physical condition, and many...

Jan 10, 2023

“Mysterious Donor” Who Helped Liberate Cuba Prisoners Revealed

Jan. 10, 1963 - Richard Cardinal Cushing (pictured right), Roman Catholic archbishop of Boston, revealed today that he is the “mysterious...

Dec 29, 2022

President Kennedy Address Cuban Refugees at Miami’s Orange Bowl Stadium

Dec. 29, 1962 - President Kennedy stopped considerably short of declaring war on Fidel Castro in his fiery appearance before Miami’s...

Dec 27, 2022

President Kennedy to Address Freed Cuban Prisoners in Miami

Dec. 27, 1962 - In Palm Beach, Fla., today, President Kennedy accepted an invitation to review the freed Cuban prisoners at a ceremony in...

Dec 27, 2022

American Freighter Arrives in Florida With 922 Cuban Refugees

Dec. 27, 1962 - The American freighter African Pilot arrived in Florida today with 922 Cuban refugees, the largest single mass exodus...

Dec 26, 2022

Bay of Pigs Prisoner Relatives Sail for Florida

Dec. 26, 1962 - The freighter African Pilot, packed with 923 Cuban emigrants, sailed tonight for Florida. Released by Premier Fidel...

Dec 25, 2022

Former Bay of Pigs Prisoner Says Cuban Missile Crisis “Boosted Our Morale”

Dec. 25, 1962 - The intelligence chief of the Bay of Pigs invasion force (pictured after their capture in April 1961) said today that the...

Dec 25, 2022

Details Emerge on Bay of Pigs Prisoner Swap

Dec. 25, 1962 - General Lucius D. Clay, Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, and others raised almost $3 million in cash this week to make...

Dec 25, 2022

Cuban Invasion Leader: “We Shall Return”

Dec. 25, 1962 - Manuel Artime (pictured in May 1961), one of the leaders of the abortive 1961 Cuban invasion, today called on all the...

Dec 25, 2022

Castro Sets New Conditions on Emigration of Bay of Pigs Relatives

Dec. 25, 1962 - Premier Fidel Castro switched signals today and told relatives of ransomed invasion prisoners that if they want to go to...

Dec 24, 2022

Final Bay of Pigs Prisoners Reach Florida

Dec. 24, 1962 - The last of the 1,113 Bay of Pigs invasion prisoners came back tonight in time to spend Christmas with their relatives....

Dec 24, 2022

Castro to Release Relatives of Bay of Pigs Prisoners

Dec. 24, 1962 - Premier Fidel Castro has cleared the way for more than 1,000 Cuban relatives of liberated Bay of Pigs prisoners to join...

Dec 23, 2022

Bay of Pigs Prisoners Speak of Mistreatment in Cuban Jails

Dec. 23, 1962 - Mistreatment and neglect were the lot of Bay of Pigs prisoners held for the last 20 months in Cuba, several of the...

Dec 23, 2022

First Bay of Pigs Prisoners Reach U.S. Soil

Dec. 23, 1962 - The first Cuban war prisoners liberated from Fidel Castro’s jails in exchange for medicine and food reached U.S. soil...

Dec 22, 2022

First Bay of Pigs Prisoners to Arrive in Florida Tomorrow

Dec. 22, 1962 - U.S. official sources said tonight the first planeload of Cuba invasion prisoners would be flown to Florida 8:30 a.m....

Dec 21, 2022

Castro Agrees to Bay of Pigs Prisoner Swap

Dec. 21, 1962 - The 1,113 Cuban invasion prisoners will be ransomed for food and medical supplies beginning Sunday morning — two days...

Dec 14, 2022

Service Dependents Returned to Guantanamo

Dec. 14, 1962 - The military transport Geiger arrived at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, today with a shipload of wives, children, and other...

Dec 10, 2022

Guevara: Cuba Planned Nuke Attacks on Key U.S. Cities in October

Dec. 10, 1962 - Cuba planned nuclear attacks against key U.S. cities, including New York, in retaliation against any new invasion of the...

Nov 20, 2022

Nov. 20, 1962 - JFK Statement on Lifting the Naval Quarantine of Cuba

Nov. 20, 1962 - Here is President Kennedy's statement today on lifting the naval blockade of Cuba. #JFK #cuba #history #OTD