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Birth of Fulgencio Batista
Fulgencio Batista was born in Banes, Cuba. -
Independence
Cuba became independent but it's still under U.S. protection.The U.S. is still heavily involved in all things Cuban favoring themselves. -
Birth of Fidel Castro
Fidel Castro was born in Biran, Oriente Province. -
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Fulgencio Batista was the elected leader of Cuba
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U.S. backed dictator of Cuba
Fulgencio became the U.S. backed dictator of Cuba for 7 years. -
Moncada Barracks
Fidel and over a 100 fighters attacked the Moncada barracks. Everyone including Castro and his brother were captured and sentenced. -
Amnesty
Castro and his brother are granted amnesty and exiled to Mexico. -
Castro and Che
While in Mexico, Castro meets Argentine physician Che Guevera -
Back to Cuba
The Castro brothers, Che and many others return to Cuba. Most are killed immediately, the survivors including the Castro brothers and Che escape to the Mountains. -
U.S. withdraws support for Fulgencio.
The U.S. withdrew military aid from Cuba. -
Fulgencio flees
Castro and his allies take the capital -
Entering Havana
Castro with 9,000 strong enter Havana and finish off the rest of Fulgencio's men. Castro's victory causes uproar in the U.S. -
Confiscation of U.S. assets.
By 1960 Castro seized private land and nationalized several hundreds of U.S. businesses. The U.S. would impose strict trade restrictions on Cuba, Cuba responded by expanding trade with the Soviet Union. -
Bay of Pigs
Give the go ahead by President Kennedy a U.S. backed group of Cuban exiles invades Cuba. Without U,S. military aid the exiles are quickly defeated by the Cuban military. -
Castro declares himself a Communist
Castros declared that Cuba would adopt Communism. -
Soviet Militarization
The Soviets began the militarization of Cuba with rockets, missiles, launch pads, ect. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
U.S. spy planes discovered that the soviets were setting up missiles in Cuba capable of hitting U.S. cities. President John F. Kennedy would go on to quarantine Cuba preventing further missile delivery by the Soviets.The Soviet premier Khrushchev and Kennedy would go strike a deal for the U.S. to remove missiles from Turkey and for the Soviets to do the same from Cuba
