1961
- January 17: President Eisenhower gives his farewell address to the nation, and uses his time to warn of the undue influence of the “Military Industrial Complex.”
- March 1: The Peace Corps is created by President Kennedy.
- March 28: President Kennedy cancels the USAF B-70 Bomber program in the first significant rollback of the nuclear arms race.
- April 17: A CIA-led invasion force intent on the overthrow of Fidel Castro lands at the Bay of Pigs in Cuba. Anti-Castro Cuban expatriates and CIA mercenaries are overtaken and captured by Cuban forces after President Kennedy denies U.S. air support at the last minute.
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