Today in History: April 17, the Bay of Pigs Invasion

In the modern day is Thursday April the th day of There are days left in the year Currently in history On April various CIA-trained Cuban exiles launched the Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba in an attempt to topple Fidel Castro whose forces crushed the incursion within three days Also on this date In Jerrie Mock completed the first solo around-the-world flight by a woman landing her single-engine Cessna plane in Columbus Ohio after a -day journey Related Articles Fort Benning takes back its old name but to honor a different soldier The Oklahoma City bombing was years ago Particular survivors worry America didn t learn the lesson In the current era in History April the Virginia Tech shooting In the present day in History April the Titanic sinks in the North Atlantic Plans to celebrate America s th anniversary were underway Then came the federal funding cuts In a jury in Los Angeles convicted Sirhan Sirhan of assassinating Sen Robert F Kennedy Sirhan s death sentence would be commuted to life in prison with the possibility of parole He remains in prison at present In Apollo astronauts James A Lovell Fred W Haise and Jack Swigert splashed down safely in the Pacific four days after a ruptured oxygen tank crippled their spacecraft while enroute to the moon In the Boston Marathon allowed women to compete for the first time Nina Kuscsik was the first officially recognized women s champion with a time of In Cambodia s five-year civil war ended as the capital Phnom Penh fell to the Khmer Rouge which instituted brutal radical policies that claimed an estimated million lives nearly one in four Cambodians until the regime was overthrown in In the Dow Jones industrial average closed above for the first time ending the day at up In a federal jury in Los Angeles convicted two former police officers of violating the civil rights of beaten motorist Rodney King Two other officers were acquitted In President Donald Trump via Twitter urged supporters to LIBERATE three states led by Democratic governors apparently encouraging protests against stay-at-home mandates aimed at stopping the coronavirus In the present day s Birthdays Actor David Bradley is Actor Clarke Peters is Author Nick Hornby is Actor Sean Bean is Rock singer Maynard James Keenan Tool is Actor Lela Rochon is Actor Kimberly Elise is Singer-songwriter Liz Phair is Director-producer Adam McKay is Rapper-actor Redman is Football Hall of Famer Tony Boselli is Actor Jennifer Garner is Singer Victoria Beckham is Actor Rooney Mara is