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1926 Born
1953 Fidel Castro and his brother lead a disastrous assault on the Moncada Barracks - preliminary to the Cuban Revolution.
1956 Fidel Castro and Che Guevara depart from Tuxpan, Mexico enroute to Santiago de Cuba aboard the yacht ''Granma'' with 82 men. After the ship passes a storm, it lands at Belici, Cuba, on December 2
1956 Fidel Castro and his followers land on Cuba in the boat ''Granma''.
1958 In Cuba, ''Radio Rebelde'', radio of rebels of Fidel Castro, begins broadcasting from Sierra Maestra
1958 Castro's revolutionary army begins its attacks on Havana
1959 Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when forces of Fidel Castro advan
1959 Fidel Castro arrives in Havana.
1959 The United States recognizes the new Cuban government of Fidel Castro.
1959 Fidel Castro becomes Premier of Cuba.
1959 A three-front revolutionary invasion by air and sea takes place in the Dominican Republic consisting of exiles aided by Fidel Castro whose purpose was to overthrow dictator Rafael Leonidas Trujillo. Within a few days all but four are captured and executed. Trujillo is killed less than two years later by men partly inspired by the deaths of the 1959 martyrs.
1961 Fidel Castro announces that all invaders of the Bay of Pigs invasion have been defeated.
1962 Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro.
1963 Fidel Castro visits the Soviet Union.
1965 Fidel Castro announces that anyone who wants to can immigrate to the United States.
1965 Fidel Castro announces that Che Guevara has resigned and left the country.
1966 Fidel Castro blames China for spreading anti-Soviet propaganda among Cuban soldiers.
1966 Fidel Castro delcares martial law in Cuba because of a possible U.S. attack.
1967 Fidel Castro announces that all intellectual property belongs to all people and that Cuba intends to translate and publish technical literature without compensation.
1994 Havana, Cuba groups of protester spread from Havana's Castillo de la Punta ("Point Castle") creating the first massive strike against Fidel Castro dictatorship (since 1959).
2002 Former President Jimmy Carter arrives in Cuba for a 5-day visit with Fidel Castro, becoming the first U.S. President, in or out of office, to visit the island since Castro's 1959 revolution.
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