1 |
1958 |
Signing of El Pedrero Covenant between the M-26-7 (July 26 Movement) and the Revolutionary Directory 13 de Marzo (March 13) in Escambray Mountain Range. Both organizations made an appeal for the unity of the revolutionary forces in the former province of Las Villas, signed by Che Guevara and Faure Chaumon. |
2 |
1873 |
Maximo Gomez successfully waged the battle of Palo Seco, in Camagüey. |
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1956 |
Landing of Granma Yacht. |
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1959 |
Establishment of the Day of the Revolutionary Armed Forces (FAR). |
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1958 |
Student Fulgencio Oroz was arrested and disappeared thereafter. |
3 |
1833 |
Birth in Camagüey of scientist Carlos J. Finlay, who discovered the infecting agent of the yellow fever. |
5 |
1956 |
Granma expeditionaries fought the battle of Alegria de Pio. |
7 |
1896 |
Death in battle of Lieutenant General Antonio Maceo and his assistant Francisco Gomez Toro, Panchito. Day of the martyrs of our Independence Wars. In 1989 it was established as a Day of Tribute to our combatants killed in internationalist missions. |
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1993 |
Foundation of the Association of Combatants of the Cuban Revolution (ACRC). |
9 |
1931 |
Birth in Artemisa of Ciro Redondo, assailant of Moncada Garrison and Granma expeditionary. He was killed in the battle of Marverde. |
10 |
1898 |
Signing of Paris Treaty. The Yankees ignored the Cubans and also seized Puerto Rico, Guam and The Philippines. |
11 |
1898 |
Death of Major General Calixto Garcia Iñiguez |
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1957 |
Murder of student Renato Recio. |
13 |
1957 |
Fidel sent a letter where the M-26-7 rejected the Miami Pact, subscribed by most of the parties that opposed Fulgencio Batista. |
14 |
1911 |
Birth in Encrucijada, Las Villas, of Jesus Menendez Larrondo, union leader of sugar industry workers. |
15 |
1895 |
Battle of Mal Tiempo, successfully led by Maximo Gomez and Antonio Maceo. |
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1956 |
Murder of Juan Manuel Marquez, second in command of the Granma Yacht expeditionaries. |
17 |
1975 |
The first Congress of Cuban Communist Party (PCC) was opened in the “Karl Marx” theater. |
18 |
1958 |
Fidel and Raul met in Jiguani to start the 4th stage of the offensive in the II Eastern Front. |
19 |
1936 |
Death in battle in Spain of Cuban Pablo de la Torriente Brau, internationalist revolutionary. |
20 |
1899 |
Birth in Alquizar, the present Havana Province, of Ruben Martinez Villena, outstanding intellectual and revolutionary. |
21 |
1830 |
Birth of Bartolome Maso, General of the Liberation Army. |
22 |
1961 |
Cuba declared Territory Free of Illiteracy. Educator’s Day. |
23 |
1841 |
Birth of Major General Ignacio Agramonte, El Mayor. |
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1956 |
From this day to the 26th, many revolutionaries and communist militants were slain in the North-East of the country. These events are sadly remembered as the Bloody Easter. |
24 |
1992 |
Death of Commander Faustino Perez Hernandez. |
26 |
1665 |
Sancti Spiritus City looted by pirate Pierre Le Grand. |
27 |
1868 |
Carlos Manuel de Cespedes signed the Decree in Arms for the abolition of slavery. |
29 |
1895 |
Battle of Coliseo, Matanzas. Maximo Gomez and Antonio Maceo defeated Spanish General Arsenio Martinez Campos. |
30 |
1958 |
Death in the battle of Santa Clara of Roberto Rodriguez Fernandez, El Vaquerito, chief of the suicidal platoon of Column No.8 Ciro Redondo. |
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1977 |
Fidel Castro spoke at the inauguration ceremony of Havana-Santa Clara railroad fast track. |
31 |
1958 |
The town of Yaguajay was taken by troops led by Camilo Cienfuegos. The city of Santa Clara was also taken by forces under Che Guevara’s command. |
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1960 |
First large mobilization of Revolutionary Armed Forces after the triumph of the Revolution. A general mobilization was decreed in light of a threat of US invasion. |
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1945 |
Foundation of the Women’s International Democratic Federation (WIDF in Spanish). |
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1824 |
Battle of Ayacucho, end of Spanish rule in Peru. |
