2014 Event U.S. officials return four Afghan prisoners to Afghanistan after more than ten years of detention in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba; the Obama administration is working to clear and release remaining prisoners in order to close the facility 2014 Event Six men being detained in the U.S. Guantanamo Bay facility have been released to Uruguay; the men are considered refugees and will not have restrictions on their travel 2014 Event President Barack Obama exchanges 5 Guantanamo Bay prisoners for the lone U.S. prisoner of war in Afghanistan, Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl; some lawmakers protest that the secret exchange was illegal because Congress was not notified in advance 2013 Event The U.N. Human Rights Office determine it is a violation of international law to force-feed hunger strikers at the U.S. Guantanamo Bay prison 1994 Event U.S. reopens Guantanamo Naval Base to process refugees 1953 Birthday Peter Bergman, born in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, actor, Eat or Be Eaten 1903 Event U.S. signs agreement acquiring a naval station at Guantanamo Bay Cuba 1903 Event Cuban state of Guantanamo leased to USA 1898 Event U.S. Marines attack Spanish off Guantanamo, Cuba 1898 Event 600 U.S. Marines land at Guantanamo Cuba
