| Day | Year | Historical dates of Cuba in the month of October |
| 1 | 1954 | Jose Antonio Echevarria was elected president of the Federation of University Students |
| 3 | 1961 | Murder of literacy teacher Delfin Sen Cedre. |
| 1965 | Foundation of the Central Committee of the Cuban Communist Party. |
| 4 | 1896 | Victory of the liberation army in the battle of Ceja del Negro. |
| 1921 | Foundation of Havana Workers Federation. |
| 1963 | The revolutionary government passed the Second Law of Land Reform. |
| | Devastating hurricane “Flora” struck the former province of Oriente. |
| 6 | 1958 | Commanders Camilo Cienfuegos and Che Guevara crossed the Jucaro fortress-line. |
| 1976 | A Cuban airliner that carried 73 people blown off in mid-flight. All members of the national junior fencing team, the crew and other passengers, including Cuban citizens, perished. The crime was perpetrated by counterrevolutionary thugs. |
| 8 | 1871 | Rescue of Brigadier Julio Sanguily by troops under Major General Ignacio Agramonte’s command. |
| 1960 | Foundation of the Cuban Friendship Institute (ICAP). |
| 1967 | Battle of Quebrada del Yuro. Commander Ernesto Che Guevara captured and assassinated by the Bolivian Army. Cuban guerilla fighters Orlando Pantoja Tamayo, Rene Martinez Tamayo and Alberto Fernandez Montes de Oca were also killed. |
| 10 | 1868 | Beginning of the 10 Years War. Cespedes’ cry of freedom in La Demajagua. |
| 1958 | Foundation of IV Rebel Front “Simon Bolivar.” |
| | Land Reform enacted in La Plata, Sierra Maestra Mountain Range, for the territories liberated by the Rebel Army. |
| 11 | 1868 | Cespedes liberated the town of Yara. First battle of the Liberation Army. |
| 12 | 1967 | Internationalist Fighter Octavio de la Concepcion de la Pedraja killed in Bolivia. |
| 13 | 1960 | Nationalization of foreign banks and private banks in Cuba. |
| 14 | 1960 | First Law of Land Reform passed by the revolutionary government. |
| 15 | 1923 | Opening of the first Students’ National Congress, organized and led by Julio Antonio Mella. One of its resolutions was the foundation of the foundation of “Jose Marti People’s University.” |
| 16 | 1953 | Commander in Chief Fidel Castro acted as his own lawyer in the trial for the events of Moncada Garrison. |
| 1959 | Foundation of the Ministry of Armed Forces (MINFAR). |
| 17 | 1948 | Assassination of dock workers union leader Aracelio Iglesias. |
| 20 | 1868 | Independence troops, led by Carlos Manuel de Cespedes, captured Bayamo City. |
| 1927 | Birth in Encrucijada of Abel Santamaria, heroic assailant of Moncada Garrison. |
| 21 | 1948 | Murder of Sabino Pupo Milian, leader of Camagüey peasants. |
| 1980 | Establishment of the National Day of Culture. |
| 21 | 1896 | Spanish Governor Valeriano Weyler passed the Concentration Decree. |
| 1960 | Merging of Cuban Youth Movement. |
| 22 | 1865 | First edition of the first Cuban weekly proletarian publication “La Aurora” (The Dawn). |
| 1895 | The Liberation Army started the East-West Invasion. Major General Antonio Maceo took off from Mangos de Baragua. |
| 1962 | Beginning of the October Crisis (Missiles Crisis). The revolutionary government decreed combat alarm. |
| 23 | 1887 | Death of engineer Francisco Albear, builder of Havana City water supply system. |
| 24 | 1960 | Nationalization of US firms in Cuba, in response to the blockade decreed by US government. |
| 25 | 1983 | Cuban construction workers fought against Yankee militaries that raided Granada. |
| 26 | 1868 | First machete charge of the Liberation (Mambi) Army in Pinos de Baire. (Most of the slaves liberated in the war joined the Liberation Army and used their former working tool as a lethal weapon) |
| 1959 | Foundation of the National Revolutionary Militia. Unforgettable Commander Camilo Cienfuegos made his last speech. |
| 27 | 1492 | Christopher Columbus discovered the Island of Cuba. |
| 28 | 1812 | Birth in San Diego de Nuñez of novel writer Cirilo Villaverde. |
| 1896 | General Calixto Garcia captured the city of Guaimaro. |
| 1959 | Commander Camilo Cienfuegos’ plane disappeared in mid-flight. |
| 29 | 1897 | Adoption of Yara Constitution, the last of the Republic in Arms. |
| 1956 | The tyranny massacred a group of students that had sought refuge in the Embassy of Haiti. |
| 31 | 1897 | Salvador Cisneros Betancourt handed over the presidency of the Republic in Arms to Bartolome Maso. |
| 1958 | Camilo Cienfuegos captured the Venegas Garrison with his Column No.2. |
| | (Translated by: Pedro A. Fanego) |
