2001 Alberto Korda, Cuban Photographer
1997 Roberto Goizueta, Cuban Businessman
1994 Fabio Grobart, founder (Cuban Communist Party), dies
1994 Eliseo Diego, Cuban poet, dies at 74
1993 Elian Gonzalez, Cuban Celebrity
1992 Cuban Ilyushin IL-18 flight to Puerto Plata crashes, 34 die
1992 Titti Sotto, Cuban composer (La Esquina Habanera), dies
1992 Julio C Fernandez, Cuban/US journalist (founder Alma Mater), dies
1992 La Lupe, Cuban singer, dies of a heart attack in the Bronx at 53
1980 Cuban government closes Mariel Harbor ending "freedom flotilla"
1980 Soyuz 38 carries 2 cosmonauts (1 Cuban) to Salyut 6 space station
1980 Alentejo Carpentier, Cuban/Fren writer (Guerra del Tiempo), dies at 75
1980 Alejo Carpentier, Cuban Novelist
1977 Anais Nin, Cuban/American writer (Delta of Venus), dies at 73
1976 Jose Lezama Lima, Cuban poet and novelist, dies at 65
1967 Javier Sotomayor, Cuban jumper, world record 1989
1967 [Ernesto] Che Guevara [Serna], Arg/Cuban revolutionary, dies
1963 Ernesto Lecuona, Cuban composer (Malaguena), dies at 67
1963 Cuban premier Fidel Castro arrives in Moscow
1962 John F. Kennedy announces Cuban missile bases were being dismantled
1962 Cuban missile crisis ends, John F. Kennedy says U.S.S.R. is dismantling missile bases
1962 Stevenson demands U.S.S.R. ambassador Zorin answer regarding Cuban missile bases saying "I am prepared to wait for my answer until hell freezes over"
1962 Cuban missile crisis began as John F. Kennedy becomes aware of missiles in Cuba
1961 1,400 Cuban exiles land in Bay of Pigs attempt to overthrow Castro
1959 Castro proclaims new Cuban constitution
1959 U.S. recognizes Fidel Castro's Cuban government
1959 Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista flees
1958 Mark Cuban, American Businessman
1958 5-time world driving champion Juan Fangio kidnapped by Cuban rebels
1958 Cuban revolutionary forces capture Havana
1957 Cuban dictator Batista bombs Cienfuegos uprising
1942 Jose R Capablanca, Cuban chess player (world champ 1927), dies at 53
1940 Alfonso Hernandez Cata, Cuban author (El parage), dies
1933 Enrique Jose Varona, Cuban sociologist/vice-president, dies at 84
1933 Coup on Cuban president De Cespedes by Fulgencio Batista
1933 Cuban dictator Machado y Morales flees after military coup
1932 Roberto Goizueta, Cuban Businessman
1929 Julio Antonio Mella, Cuban revolutionary, murdered at about 28
1928 Alberto Korda, Cuban Photographer
1928 Estelita Rodriguez, born in Cuba, actress, Cuban Fireball, Havana Rose
1927 Cuban chess champ, Jose Capablanca wins 33-day Grand Chess Tournie
1921 Detroit Stars' Bill Gatewood pitches the 1st no-hitter in Negro League history, defeating the Cuban Stars 4-0
1908 Joaquin Maria Nin-Culmell, Berlin Germany, Cuban/Spanish composer
1905 Jose Maria de Heredia, Cuban/French sonnet poet, dies at 62
1905 Maximo Gomez, Cuban general, dies at 68
1904 Alejo Carpentier, Cuban Novelist
1903 Cuban state of Guantanamo leased to USA
1902 Nicolas Guillen, Cuban poet, Motivos de son
1898 U.S. President McKinley orders blockade of Cuban harbors
1895 Jose J Marti y Perez, Spanish/Cuban poet (Versos sencillos), dies
1895 Cuban war for independence begins
1890 Jose Marti forms La Liga (Union of Cuban exiles) in New York City
1875 US-Spanish relations decline in wake of Cuban rebellion
1872 Benito Juarez, Cuban justice/general (battle of Acapulco), dies at 66
1849 Enrique Jose Varona, Cuban sociologist/psychologist
1844 Gabriel de la Concepcion Valdes, "Placido", Cuban poet, dies at 35
1809 Gabriel de la Concepcion Valdes, [Placido], Cuban poet
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