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Day	Year	Historical dates of Cuba in the month of February
1	1751	Foundation of Holguin (originally called San Isidoro de Holguin).
	1873	Death of poetess Gertrudis Gomez de Avellaneda.
2	1514	Foundation of the village of Santa Maria del Puerto de Principe, currently named Camagüey.
	1849	Birth of Jose Maceo y Grajales, in Majaguabo, Oriente.
3	1934	Revolutionary Gabriel Barcelo died of tuberculosis.
4	1891	Jose Marti participated in the American Monetary Commission.
	1919	Birth of revolutionary Fernando Chenard Piña, killed in the assault on Moncada Garrison.
	1959	US Government threatened to cut down Cuban sugar export quota, because of the revolutionary measures that were implemented those days.
	1962	Second Havana Declaration.
6	1879	Jose Marti received permission to teach in High School Education in Havana.
	1932	Birth of Commander Camilo Cienfuegos Gorriaran.
	1962	Foundation of the National Department of Daycare Centers.
7	1901	Death in Madrid of Ana Betancourt, pioneer of Cuban movement for female emancipation.
	1958	Detention and murder of revolutionary fighter Gerardo Abreu (Fontan).
	1959	The Heroic Guerilla Fighter, Commander Ernesto Che Guevara, was declared Cuban citizen.
9	1873	Major General Ignacio Agramonte led the battle of San Miguel, Puerto Principe.
11	1959	Beginning of a literacy course for members of the Rebel Army in Ciudad Libertad (Freedom City).
12	1867	Failure of the Information Board.
13	1953	Ruben Batista died as a consequence of the wounds inflicted during the students’ demonstration of January 15.
	1953	Assassination of communist leader Paquito Rosales, in Manzanillo.
15	1898	Battleship Maine was blown by the United States in Havana Bay to justify their eventual interference in the Spanish-Cuban War.
16	1903	President Estrada Palma signed the “agreement” to lease the territory of Caimanera to the United States.
19	1963	Death of legendary singer Benny More.
20	1962	The revolutionary government created the National Committee of the Cuban Academy of Sciences.
21	1723	Rebellion and killing of tobacco farmers in Jesus del Monte.
	1901	Signing of the 1901 Constitution in Havana. It remained unchanged until 1928.
22	1877	Death of patriot Francisco Vicente Aguilera.
23	1896	Antonio Maceo arrived in Matanzas.
24	1832	Birth in Bayamo of poet Juan Clemente Zenea.
	1895	Resumption of the independence war, with uprisings in Matanzas, Las Villas and Oriente.
25	1802	Birth in Havana of the famous bishop Espada.
	1853	Death of philosopher Felix Varela.
	1931	Birth of revolutionary Rafael Freyre Torres, killed in the attack on Moncada Garrison.
26	1869	The Patriotic Assembly declared in Camagüey the abolition of slavery.
	1962	Beginning of the first anti-polio vaccination campaign.
27	1874	Carlos Manuel de Cespedes, Father of our Homeland and leader of the 1868 war, died fighting against Spanish troops.
		(Translated by: Pedro A. Fanego)