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    • Today in History: April 17, Bay of Pigs invasion launched

      Associated Press via Yahoo! Philippines News· 1 year ago

      On April 17, 1961, some 1,500 CIA-trained Cuban exiles launched the disastrous Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba in an attempt to topple Fidel Castro, whose forces crushed the incursion by the third ...

    • Today in History: March 14, Eli Whitney patents cotton gin

      Associated Press via Yahoo! Philippines News· 1 year ago

      On March 14, 1794, Eli Whitney received a patent for his cotton gin, an invention that revolutionized America’s cotton industry. In 1879, physicist Albert Einstein was born in Ulm, Germany.