On this day in 1961, the Bay of Pigs invasion took place when a force of 1400 Cuban exiles, funded and led by the U.S., landed on the southwest coast of Cuba in a failed attempt at overthrowing the revolutionary Cuban government.
Covertly financed and directed by the U.S. government, the operation took place at the height of the Cold War and its failure led to major shifts in international relations between Cuba, the United States, and the Soviet Union.
The coup attempt came after the Cuban government expropriated property from American capitalists. U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower allocated $13.1 million to the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in March 1960 for use against Castro’s government. With the aid of Cuban counter-revolutionaries, the CIA proceeded to organize an invasion.
On April 14th, 1961, a squadron of U.S. B-26 bombers camouflaged with Cuban insignias begin a two-day bombing campaign of Cuban airports, destroying a large portion of the Cuban air force.
On the night of April 17th, an invasion force of approximately 1400 Cuban exiles and CIA officers landed on the beach at Playa Girón in the Bay of Pigs. After a few days, the insurgents became overwhelmed by the Cuban army. President Kennedy refused to provide air support for the operation.
The invasion’s defeat solidified Castro’s role as a national hero and strengthened Cuba-Soviet relations. Several Cuban exiles and two Americans were executed upon capture. Over 1,000 prisoners were exchanged for humanitarian aid from the U.S. government.
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After never doing exercising in my life, I’ve been going to the gym every other day for nearly 2 months now. I can already feel a bit of a difference. Swoletariat here I come.
Watched Sinners yesterday. One of the best vampire movies I’ve ever seen. Such a good horror movie
I don’t think I’m ever going to get hired lol
so burned out
Ok but like the sheer amount of microplastics a vampire would have would be godly, we’re already on top of the
foodplastic chain as is so just going around slurping up blood from us and having no means to get rid of it would kill the most powerful vampires after 5 years max I betsure another woke pope is what people want, but a second Borgia papacy would be sick. the catholic church needs to rehabilitate their image with the non cringe fash youth, and a pope who fucks and drinks all the time would be sick
JD Vance killed the pope 😔
On paper, Tagle, who generally prefers to be called by his nickname “Chito”, seems to have all the boxes ticked to qualify him to be a pope.
potential Chito in the
White HouseApostolic PalaceI had some of the best sleep in months, I feel really happy
Dammit I’ve been off in the woods and broke my phone. How come none of you stopped and told me the pope died??? Smh
watching some netflix WW2 slop, and …
“Hitler was awkward around women”
“Hitler was lazy and liked to sleep in late”
“He spent much of his free time watching movies”
bad news y’all… I think I’m Hitler
Blaming my dog for something I obviously did is always funny to me
Big shout out to the corner store I’ve been going to for like 5 years for tossing me down freebies and discounts here and there. My lighters a buck off and when I get 2 packs of papers they throw me down a third. On hot days they’ll tell me to grab a drink for free. Run by a nice Chinese family who I’ve gotten to know.
Sci fi portals ranked by safety in my opinion:
Blue: probably good
Green: chaotic neutral
Red: oh shit oh fuck, bad guys come out of red portals. Don’t go in.
Orange: leads to a post apocalypse setting
Purple: even better than blue, you will meet a kindly wizard for sure
White: it’s a Stargate
Plaid: Oh shit oh fuck!
Also it’s best to note the direction it’s rotating in case it’s a time portal. Clockwise sends you to the future and counterclockwise sends you to the past.
