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1994 Train crash in Havana Cuba, 6 killed
1992 Maxine Audley, British actress (Vikings, Our Man in Havana), dies at 69 1991 Pan Am games closes in Havana 1991 Pan Am games open in Havana 1991 Graham Greene, British writer (3rd Man, Our man in Havana), dies at 86 1989 Iljushin-62 crashes down on residential area of Havana, 170 die 1981 Michael Granger, actor (Creature with Atom Brain, Pier 5 Havana), dies 1972 Rey Ordonez, Havana Cuba, infielder for the New York Mets 1969 22-year-old man sneaks into wheel pod of a jet parked in Havana and survives 9-hour flight to Spain despite thin oxygen levels at 29,000 ft 1969 Fortunio Bonanova, actor (My Best Gal, Havana Rose), dies at 74 1964 Rafael Palmeiro, born in Havana, Cuba, 1st baseman for the Baltimore Orioles 1964 Jose Canseco, born in Havana, Cuba, outfielder, Oak A's, Red Sox, 1988 AL MVP 1962 Jon Secada, born in Havana, Cuba, born Juan Francisco Secada, singer, songwriter for himself and for Gloria Estefan, Jennifer Lopez, Ricky Martin, Grammy-Award winner 1961 Elizabeth Pena, Havana Cuba, actress, La Bamba, Jacob's Ladder 1960 Fidel Castro ends Havana's International League team, Sugar Kings move to NJ 1960 Orioles-Reds series for Havana, is moved to Miami 1960 French freighter "La Coubre" explodes in Havana Cuba, killing 100 1959 Contra revolutionaries bomb Havana 1959 Wiffi Smith wins LPGA Havana Golf Tournament 1958 Fay Crocker wins LPGA Havana Biltmore Golf Open 1958 Cuban revolutionary forces capture Havana 1957 Daisy Fuentes, Havana Cuba, VJ, MTV International, claims 1964 1957 Gloria Estefan, born in Havana, singer, Miami Sound Machine-Conga 1957 Bloody battles after anti-Batista demonstration in Havana Cuba 1957 Patty Berg wins LPGA Havana Golf Open 1956 Steven Bauer, born in Havana, Cuba, actor, Scarface, Thief of Hearts 1956 Louise Suggs wins LPGA Havana Golf Open 1954 Lincoln Diaz-Balart, born in Havana, Cuba, Representative-R-Florida 1993 - 1954 Alejandro Casanas, Havana Cuba, 110m hurdler, Olympic-silv-1976, 80 1952 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, born in Havana, Cuba, Representative-R-Florida 1989 - 1950 Pedro De Cordoba, actor (Club Havana, Swamp Fire), dies at 68 1950 Marlene Elejarde, born in Havana, Cuba, 4x100m runner, Silver Medal 1968 Olympics 1946 Luis Avalos, Havana Cuba, actor, Condo, E/R, I Had 3 Wives 1946 Ronald Bear, actor and director, Havana, Make-up 1943 Pedro Chappe-Garcia, Havana, basketball player 1972 Olympics bronze 1943 Georg Stanford Brown, born in Havana, Cuba, actor, Terry Webster-Rookies 1940 Miguel Calderon-Gomez, Havana, basketball player 1972 Olympics bronze 1939 Tropicana ballet of Havana Cuba, forms 1939 Leo Brouwer, born in Havana, Cuba, Juan Leovigildo Brouwer Mezquida, composer, conductor, guitarist, studied under Vincent Persichetti, Stefan Wolpe, composed solo guitar pieces, over 40 film scores, and several guitar concertos 1934 Mark Rydell, born in New York City, actor, Havana, Punchline, Long Goodbye 1928 Estelita Rodriguez, born in Cuba, actress, Cuban Fireball, Havana Rose 1928 Jacob Lateiner, Havana Cuba, pianist/professor, Juiliard 1927 Antonia Rey, Havana Cuba, actress, True Colors, Wise Guys 1924 Sieto Hoving, actor, Holiday in Havana, Palm Beach Story 1921 Alica Alonso, Havana, ballerina 1920 Richard Farnsworth, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Misery, Havana, Sylvester 1920 Jose Melis, Havana Cuba, orchestra leader, Jack Paar Program 1919 Heavyweight Jess Willard KOs Jack Johnson in Havana 1917 Alicia Alonso, Havana Cuba, ballerina, American Ballet Theatre 1914 Jorge Bolet, Havana Cuba, pianist, C'eurties Instituka 1911 Gertrude Michael, AL, actress, Cleopatra, Menace, Club Havana 1911 1st rescue of an air passenger by a ship, near Havana, Cuba 1910 Jose Lezama Lima, Havana Cuba, poet and novelist 1906 Warren Hymer, New York City, actor, Girl From Havana, Meet the Mob 1903 Millard Mitchell, Havana Cuba, actor, 12 O'Clock High, Gunfighter 1903 Paul Page, Birmingham, Alabama, actor, Girl From Havana, Moth 1898 USS Maine sinks in Havana harbor, cause unknown, 258 sailors die 1896 Ernesto Lecuona, Havana Cuba, composer, Malaguena 1895 Sig Arno, Hamburg, Germany, actor, Holiday in Havana 1863 Naval Engagement at Havana Cuba-USS Henrick Hudson vs BR Wild Pigeon 1861 Pedro De Cordoba, New York City, actor, Club Havana, Swamp Fire, Saboteur 1762 English fleet occupies Havana |
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