1962CIA-backed paramilitary members captured during the Bay of Pigs invasion in Cuba were sentenced to 30 years in prison by Cuban officials. The invasion was defeated by forces under the command of Fidel Castro. The prisoners were released after the U.S. agreed to a $53 million ransom of food and medical supplies.1970The U.S. Senate voted down President Richard Nixon’s nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court, Judge G. Harrold Carswell of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Carswell was the second of Nixon’s …