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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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