A Timeline Of U.S.–Cuba RelationsAs President Obama visits Cuba in an effort to restore diplomatic ties with the U.S., The Onion looks at pivotal moments in the tension-filled history of U.S.–Cuba relations.April 1898: President William McKinley sends emissaries to Cuba as part of a whirlwind six-country hostile takeover tourJune 1960: U.S. aircraft airlift 10,000 tons of sugar out of CubaApril 1961: The Bay of Pigs invasion is the first of several successful U.S. attempts to strengthen Fidel Castro’s powerOctober 1962: After an extremely close call, climate change begins to overtake nuclear war as the likeliest cause of mass human extinctionNovember 1963: CIA surprised after abandoned idea for Fidel Castro assassination attempt works on JFK on the first tryJuly 1969: CIA agent Neil Armstrong fails in a secret plot to assassinate Fidel Castro after missile fired from Apollo 11 burns up during ...
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