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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/French 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 1951 Ned Sublette, born in Lubbock, Texas, composer, musician, musicologist, producer, guitarist, studied classical guitar with Emilio Pujol, composition with Kenneth Gaburo, Cuban music scholar, known for mixing country-western, afro-Caribbean salsa, cumbia, rumba music styles 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 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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