Bay of Pigs
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The Bay of Pigs (Spanish: Bahía de (los) Cochinos) is a bay on the southern coast of Cuba. It was the site of a failed attempt during John F. Kennedy's presidency at a US-backed invasion by Cuban exiles intent on overthrowing Fidel Castro, at a beach near Havana called Playa Giron in 1961.
The term 'Bay of Pigs' was also used by President Richard Nixon as a coded reference to the Kennedy Assassination in White House conversations recorded on the Watergate tapes.
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de:Schweinebucht fi:Sikojenlahti fr:Baie des Cochons nl:Varkensbaai pt:Baía dos Porcos sv:Grisbukten