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April 17th, 1961:
Hundreds of Cuban exiles, trained by the CIA, invade Cuba’s Bay of Pigs, trying to topple Fidel Castro from power.
But the invasion fails, a political embarrassment for President John F. Kennedy, just months after taking office.
1970:
The three astronauts of Apollo 13 splash down safely in the Pacific Ocean, days after a ruptured oxygen tank cripples their spacecraft on their way to Moon.
1790:
Benjamin Franklin, author, publisher, inventor, and one of America’s most famous "Founding Fathers", dies in Philadelphia, at age 84.
1837:
J.P. Morgan, a financial giant in American capitalism during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, is born in Hartford, Connecticut.
And, 1964:
An automotive legend is born. Ford rolls out its sporty new convertible, The Mustang, at the New York World’s Fair, it’s an instant hit.
Today in History, April 17th,_______,The Associated Press.
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