Historydraft LogoHistorydraft Logo
Historydraft
beta
Historydraft Logo
Historydraft
beta

Bay of Pigs Invasion - The Cuban government began an offensive to take San Blas

Time: Monday Apr 17, 1961 at 11:00:00 AM

Place: San Blas, Cuba

Details: At about 11:00 am, the Cuban government began an offensive to take San Blas. San Román ordered all of the paratroopers back in order to hold San Blas, and they halted the offensive. During the afternoon, Castro kept the brigadistas under steady air attack and artillery fire, but did not order any new major attacks.

Related

Near

Bay of Pigs Invasion Image
Bay of Pigs Invasion-The Tank battle
Tuesday Apr 18, 1961 at 10:00:00 AM - San Blas, Cuba
Bay of Pigs Invasion Image
Bay of Pigs Invasion-The 3rd Battalion surprise attack
Tuesday Apr 18, 1961 at 11:00:00 PM - San Blas, Cuba
Bay of Pigs Invasion Image
Bay of Pigs Invasion-Delivering arms and equipment to the Girón airstrip
Tuesday Apr 18, 1961 - Girón, Cuba
Bay of Pigs Invasion Image
Bay of Pigs Invasion-Rio Escondido was blew up and sank
Sunday Apr 16, 1961 at 09:30:00 AM - Playa Giron, Cuba
Bay of Pigs Invasion Image
Bay of Pigs Invasion-The Principal Landing
Monday Apr 17, 1961 at 01:00:00 AM - Playa Giron, Cuba

On This Day - 17 April

Napoleon Bonaparte
Napoleon-Napoleonarrived at Donauwörth
Monday Apr 17, 1809 - Donauwörth, Germany
Nanjing Road during Xinhai Revolution
Xinhai Revolution-The First Sino-Japanese War
Wednesday Apr 17, 1895 - China
Crowd at New York's American Union Bank during a bank run early in the Great Depression
Great Depression-Dow reaches a secondary closing peak of 294.07
Thursday Apr 17, 1930 - New York City, New York, U.S.
Lucky Luciano Image
Lucky Luciano-Luciano's legal options had been exhausted
Friday Apr 17, 1936 - New York, U.S.
Josip Broz Tito Image
Josip Broz Tito-The Government and military met with the German officials in Belgrade
Thursday Apr 17, 1941 - Belgrade, Serbia

17 April 1961

J.F.Kennedy Image
John F. Kennedy-Bay of Pigs
Monday Apr 17, 1961 - Cuba
Bay of Pigs Invasion Image
Bay of Pigs Invasion-The mock diversionary Landing
Monday Apr 17, 1961 - Bahía Honda, Pinar del Río Province, Cuba
Bay of Pigs Invasion Image
Bay of Pigs Invasion-Entering the Bay of Pigs
Monday Apr 17, 1961 at 12:00:00 AM - Bay of Pigs, Cuba
Fidel Castro Image
Fidel Castro-The Bay of Pigs Invasion
Monday Apr 17, 1961 - The Bay of Pigs, Cuba
Bay of Pigs Invasion Image
Bay of Pigs Invasion-Capturing Osvaldo Ramírez
Monday Apr 17, 1961 - Aromas de Velázquez, Cuba

April 1961

Bay of Pigs Invasion Image
Bay of Pigs Invasion-Bomb attack on militia barracks
Monday Apr 3, 1961 - Bayamo, Cuba
Bay of Pigs Invasion Image
Bay of Pigs Invasion-The Bay of Pigs plan (Operation Zapata)
Tuesday Apr 4, 1961 - Washington D.C., U.S.
J.F.Kennedy Image
John F. Kennedy-Final Invasion Plan
Tuesday Apr 4, 1961 - U.S.
Bay of Pigs Invasion Image
Bay of Pigs Invasion-Brigade 2506 Started Transferring To Puerto Cabezas
Sunday Apr 9, 1961 - Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua
Bay of Pigs Invasion Image
Bay of Pigs Invasion-The El Encanto Fire
Thursday Apr 13, 1961 - Havana, Cuba

1961

Silvio Berlusconi Image
Silvio Berlusconi-Graduated
1961 - Milan, Italy
Mohamed Aly Image
Muhammad Ali Clay-Ali Converted to Islam
1961 - U.S.
Marilyn Monroe Image
Marilyn Monroe-3rd Divorce
Jan, 1961 - Mexico
Muhammad Yunus
Muhammad Yunus-He Was appointed Lecturer In Economics In Chittagong College
1961 - Chittagong College, College Road, Chittagong, Bangladesh
Algerian War Image
Algerian War-Pressure de Gaulle to abandon his demand to keep the Sahara
1961 - France
<