Over 1,000 Cuban exiles participate in a mission to invade Cuba through the Bay of Pigs and overthrow communist dictator Fidel Castro. Following the failed invasion, President Kennedy’s National Security Advisor McGeorge Bundy creates the Situation Room.

Video: Carlos Fonts Interview. Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Image: Brigada 2503 flag. Bay of Pigs Museum and Library, Miami, FL/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza