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Cuba in the Cold War
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Fulgencio Batista Takes Over the Cuban Government
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Fidel Castro's Revolution Attempt Failed
Fidel Castro was a communist and attemped his own revolution. He wanted to establish a regime that promoted moderate reforms and political liberties. His first revolution attempt on June 26, 1953 was a failure, and on October 16, 1953, Castro was put in jail. -
Fidel Castro Released From Prison
ON May 15, 1955, Fidel Castro was released from prison and formed a group of Cuban exiles into a new guerrilla group. -
John F. Kennedy Elected President
On January 2, 1960, the democratic John F. Kennedy was elected president of the United States. -
Cuban Refugees Land at Bay of Pigs
On April 17, 1961, the CIA-backed force of 1,400 Cuban refugees landed at the swampy Bay of Pigs in Cuba. -
The U.S. is Certain that Cuba Plans to Attack
In September of 1962, Kennedy was usied U-2 photographs to reveal that Cuba had improvements at certain missile-launching sites. This let the Kennedy know that they were planning on attacking the U.S. By October 15, 1962, the U.S. was certain of this. -
JFK Demands Cuba to Remove Missiles
On October 22, 1962, John F. Kennedy issued a formal demand to the Soviet Premier Kikita Khrushchev that the missiles be removed from Cuba. -
Settlement of Cuban Missile Crisis
On October 28, 1962, a settlement was reached to end the Cuban Missile Crisis. Nikita Khrushchev agreed to stop sending missles to Cuba and to return the missiles that were already in Cuba to the Soviet Union. Kennedy had agreed to not invade Cuba and to remove U.S. nuclear armed missiles from Turkey.
