1 |
1899 |
First US occupation in our country |
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1957 |
The bodies of revolutionary fighters William Soler Ledea, 15 years, and Froilan Guerra Ramirez, 17, were found in Santiago de Cuba |
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1959 |
Triumph of the Revolution, led by Commander in Chief, Fidel Castro. |
2 |
1959 |
Arrival to Havana of the “Antonio Maceo” column, led by the unforgettable Commander Camilo Cienfuegos. |
3 |
1896 |
The invasion of the Independence Army, led by Generals Antonio Maceo and Maximo Gomez, reached Havana. |
5 |
1959 |
The Revolutionary Government dissolved the Congress of the Republic and declared extinct the posts of mayors, governors and councilmen |
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1961 |
Murder of literacy teacher Conrado Benítez. |
7 |
1896 |
Victory of the troops under Maximo Gomez’s command in the battle of Ceiba del Agua. Maceo reached the outskirts of Pinar del Rio City. |
8 |
1940 |
Sergio Saiz y Montes de Oca was born in San Juan y Martinez. He and his brother were murdered by Fulgencio Batista’s assassins in August 13 1957. |
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1959 |
Victorious arrival to Havana of the Rebel Army, led by Commander in Chief, Fidel Castro. |
10 |
1929 |
Assassination in Mexico of revolutionary leader Julio Antonio Mella |
12 |
1869 |
Cuban patriots burn to the ground their first capital, Bayamo; before the arrival of the Spanish Army. |
14 |
1934 |
Antonio Guiteras decreed the nationalization of Cuban Electricity Company, so far a branch of a US Company. |
15 |
1953 |
Ruben Batista was deadly wounded in a students’ demonstration. |
16 |
1934 |
Death of Ruben Martinez Villena, restless fighter of Cuban Proletariat. |
17 |
1896 |
Antonio Maceo successfully commanded the battle of Las Taironas, in Pinar del Rio. |
19 |
1869 |
Jose Marti’s first article was published by “El Diablo Cojuelo” newspaper. |
22 |
1869 |
Bloody events of Villanueva theater. |
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1948 |
Sugar union leader, Jesus Menendez, was murdered in Manzanillo. |
23 |
1869 |
Jose Marti’s dramatic poem “Abdalla” was published in “La Patria Libre” newspaper. |
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1896 |
Antonio Maceo successfully completed the invasion campaign in Mantua, Pinar del Rio. |
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1998 |
Pope John Paul XXIII began the first visit to Cuba of a Supreme Pontiff and was welcomed by Commander in Chief, Fidel Castro. |
26 |
1855 |
The conspiracy of Catalonian Ramon Pinto was exposed. |
27 |
1924 |
First homage to Vladimir Ilyich Lenin in Cuba. An olive tree was planted in Regla, in the former Fortress Hill, known ever since as Lenin’s Hill. |
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1959 |
Rebel commander Francisco “Paco” Cabrera accidentally died in Caracas, Venezuela. |
28 |
1953 |
Birth of Jose Julian Marti y Perez, our Independence Apostle. |
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1960 |
The revolutionary government handed over the Moncada Garrison to the Ministry of Education, which turned it into the School City “July 26.” |
29 |
1895 |
Jose Marti signed the order for the uprising that triggered the resumption of the Independence War. The order would be executed on February 24. |
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1961 |
Beginning of the first people’s sugar harvest. |
