U.S. President <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwight_D._Eisenhower" id="mwrg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Dwight D. Eisenhower">Dwight D. Eisenhower</a> signs the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_National_Security_Council" id="mwrw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="United States National Security Council">National Security Council</a> directive on the anti-<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuba" id="mwsA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Cuba">Cuban</a> covert action program that will ultimately lead to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bay_of_Pigs_Invasion" id="mwsQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Bay of Pigs Invasion">Bay of Pigs Invasion</a>.