1 |
1961 |
Nationalization of private schools. Inauguration of Radio Havana-Cuba Radio Station. |
2 |
1959 |
Commander in Chief Fidel Castro attended the 21’s meeting. |
3 |
1960 |
Arrival to Sierra Maestra Mountain Range of the first voluntary teachers. |
5 |
1895 |
Meeting of Jose Marti, Maximo Gomez and Antonio Maceo in La Mejorana. |
7 |
1797 |
Birth in Bayamo of Jose Antonio Saco. |
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1839 |
Jose Maria Heredia died in Mexico. |
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1870 |
Patriot Domingo Goicuria garroted to death. |
8 |
1796 |
Introduction in Cuba of sugar cane, under the name of Otahiti or Tahiti. |
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1935 |
Murder of Antonio Guiteras Holmes in El Morrillo, Matanzas. |
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1967 |
Cuban revolutionary Antonio Briones Montoto killed in Venezuelan seashore. |
10 |
1869 |
Guaimaro burned. |
11 |
1873 |
Major General Ignacio Agramonte killed in the fields of Jimaguayu. |
15 |
1795 |
Foundation of San Antonio Abad or San Antonio de los Baños. |
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1955 |
Fidel and his comrades in arms in the attack to Moncada Garrison released from prison. |
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1956 |
Assassination of young revolutionary Ruben Aldama. |
16 |
1938 |
Opening edition of newspaper “HOY.” |
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1961 |
Foundation of the National Association of Small Farmers (ANAP). |
17 |
1959 |
The Land Reform Act enacted from “La Plata”, Sierra Maestra. |
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1962 |
Foundation of the Institute of History. |
19 |
1895 |
Death in Dos Rios of Apostle Jose Marti. |
20 |
1902 |
Inauguration of the rogue Republic, under Tomas Estrada Palma’s presidency. |
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1912 |
Beginning of the so-called “War of the Colored Independents.” The rebels were horrible massacred. |
22 |
1765 |
Birth of economist Francisco de Arango y Parreño. |
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1903 |
Signing of Cuba-USA Permanent Treaty. The Yankees imposed and enforced the Platt Amendment for many years, until 1934. |
23 |
1866 |
Birth of academician Tranquilino Sandalio de Noda. |
24 |
1957 |
Landing of expeditionaries aboard the boat “Corinthia.” |
25 |
1848 |
Attempted annexation of Cuba by James K. Polk. |
26 |
1964 |
Inauguration of the “Felipe Poey” Museum of Natural History at the Cuban Academy of Sciences. |
28 |
1957 |
Victory of the rebels against the tyranny forces in the battle of El Uvero. The expeditionaries of the boat “Corinthia” were slaughtered in Cabonico. |
29 |
1586 |
Pirate Francis Drake sails in sight of Havana Port. |
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1934 |
Platt Amendment repealed. |
31 |
1898 |
US Navy shelled Santiago de Cuba City and interfered in the Spanish-Cuban War. |
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Note: |
International Mother’s Day is celebrated the second Sunday of this month. |
