Note: "Playa Girón" is also the title of a song included in the album "Días y Flores", by Silvio Rodriguez. Playa Girón ([ˈplaʝa xiˈɾon]; "Girón beach")...

Bahía de Cochinos, sometimes called Invasión de Playa Girón or Batalla de Playa Girón after the Playa Girón) was a failed military landing operation on the...

Cuban colours above, a wreath below, and the words "Orden Playa Girón" (Order of Playa Girón). The reverse depicts the coat of arms of Cuba and the wording...

The Campeonato Nacional de Boxeo Playa Girón or Torneo Playa Girón is the yearly Cuban amateur boxing championship. A group of boxers represent each Cuban...

Air Base Santiago de Cuba Base Playa Baracoa Airbase Western Air Zone - 2nd Guards Aviation Brigade "Battle of Girón Beach" (San Antonio de los Baños...

Ventura is adjacent to Playa Larga (Long Beach). 35 kilometres (22 mi) southeast of that, Playa Girón (Giron Beach) at the village of Girón, named after the...

villages included in the municipal territory, one of the most famous is Playa Girón, site of the Bay of Pigs Invasion in 1961. Other villages are Bermejas...

in Havana. A second airframe forms an outside part of the Museo Giron in Playa Girón. During the 1989 Prestwick (Glasgow) Air Show, a Sea Fury had to...

the Southern Coast". The Inevitable Battle: From the Bay of Pigs to Playa Girón (in Spanish). Havana: Editorial Capitan San Luis. ISBN 978-959-211-337-4...

ashore with infantry support in a combined arms amphibious assault on Playa Girón. Due to a lack of adequate air support, the brigadista M41s had to land...

Giron or Girón may refer to: Girón or Giron is a Spanish and French surname and refer to the following people: Alicia Girón García (1938-2020), Spanish...

Cuban Missile Crisis, he flew 20 reconnaissance missions as part of the Playa Girón Brigade of the Cuban Revolutionary Air and Air Defense Force. In 1967...

available) VI Playa Girón National Championships (+81 kg), Guantánamo, Cuba, November 1968: 1/4: Lost to Adolfo Gálvez (Cuba) by decision VII Playa Girón National...

19 April 1961, he and others scattered into the woods and swamps near Playa Girón. On 2 May 1961, he was captured by Cuban forces near the Covadonga sugar...

Championships (91 kg), Managua, Nicaragua, 1984: (no data available) XXIV Playa Girón National Championships (91 kg), Nueva Gerona, Cuba, January 1985: 1/2:...

songs have become classics in Latin American music, such as "Ojalá", "Playa Girón", "Unicornio", "Sueño con Serpientes", "Vamos a andar," and "La maza"...

Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs. It read "Thanks for Playa Girón (Bay of Pigs). Before the invasion, the revolution was shaky. Now it's...

parliament 1989–2003. He was awarded the highest Cuban award, the Order of Playa Girón in 2006. Kulikov died after an extended illness on 28 May 2013. USSR...

at the nationals at 178 lbs. At the national senior championships ("Playa Girón") 2006 he was beaten inside the distance by Odlanier Solis in an attempt...

That same year Cancel Miranda was awarded the Order of Playa Girón. The Order of Playa Girón is a national order conferred by the Council of State of...

year Lebrón and her group were awarded the Order of Playa Girón in Cuba. The Order of Playa Girón is a national order conferred by the Council of State...

Cuba and the Playa Girón Order that was awarded to him on April 16, 2001, on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the Victory of Playa Girón. He was founder...

Bulgaria: Order of Georgi Dimitrov  Cuba: Order of José Martí Order of Playa Girón (1986)  Czechoslovakia: First Class of the Order of the White Lion (1987)...

President Osvaldo Dorticos of Cuba presented him with the first Order of Playa Girón, a newly created medal. Gagarin was also awarded the 1960 Gold Air Medal...

Order of Amílcar Cabral, First Class  Cuba Recipient of the Order of Playa Girón  Guinea Grand Cross of the National Order of Merit  Namibia Order of...

the Great Leap Forwards".  Cuba: Hero of the Republic of Cuba Order of Playa Girón Order of Cienfuegos  Angola: Dr António Agostinho Neto Order  China:...

Council, renames a housing block after Nelson Mandela, April Order of Playa Girón, Cuba, awarded by Fidel Castro Honorary membership of National Association...

Roman landed at Playa Giron and Oliva, commanding a brigade task force, established a beachhead at Playa Larga about 20 miles east of Giron. After the Brigade...

Bulgaria: Order of the Balkan Mountains  Cuba: Order of José Martí Order of Playa Girón  Czechoslovakia: First Class of the Order of the White Lion Order of...

whom the United States financed, armed and trained to invade Cuba at Playa Girón (Giron beach), in what became known as the Bay of Pigs Invasion. These were...