1937 First flight of the Vickers Wellington bomber.
1943 Gen Bernard Montgomery told he is appointed commandant for D-day.
1961 Fidel Castro announces Cuba will release 1,113 prisoners from failed 1961 Bay of Pigs Invasion for $62M worth of food & medical supplies.
1962 Cuba starts returning US prisoners from Bay of Pigs invasion.
1968 82 members of US intelligence ship Pueblo released by North Korea.
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