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Melanie Sammons
BAY OF PIGS
A group of US-supported
Cuban exiles invaded
Cuba. They landed in Cuba
on April 17, 1961.
SOVIET-MISSILE
CRISIS
Newspapers announcing
that Kennedy issued a
blockade on Cuba.
Soviets attempted
to install missiles in
Cuba so that they
could target the US.
CASTRO ANNOUNCES
HIS RETIREMENT
In February 2008, he
ended 49 years of power.
His brother, Fidel Castro,
took over.
US Congress repealed
restrictions on CubanAmericans visiting Havana
and sending money to the
country.
CUBAN-UNITED STATES
DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS RESUME
GOOD OR
BAD?