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Fidel Castro was born near Biran cuban august 13 1926. Fidel Castro was the third of six children including his two brothers, Raul and, Ramon, and three sisters, Angelita, Emma and, Augustina. His father was wealthy sugar plantation owner fom spain, and his mother was a maid for her husbands first wife. -
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CAO project
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Golf
U.S. Golf Association amateur championship won by H.R.J ope won by Bobby Jones -
Rose bowl
Georgia Tech wins Rose bowl football game from californa 8-7 -
Photo flash bulb
Photo flash bulb comes into use -
Nobel prize
Friedrich Bergins won the Nobel Piece Prize for chemistry -
Early life
By the time Fidel was 15 his father and mother got married. At 17 fidel was accepted by his fathe formally and his name was changed from Ruz to Castro. Educated in private Jesuit boarding schools, Castro grew up in wealthy circumstances. -
Early political events
In 1947 Castro started to become more passionate about social justice. He traveled to the Dominican Republic to join an expedition attempting the overthrow of the dictator Rafael Trujillo. The coup failed before it got started, but the incident didn't dampen Castro's passion for reform. -
Before Castro was a dictator
In 1948, Castro married Mirta Diaz Balart, who was from a wealthy family in Cuba. They had one child, Fidelito. The marriage exposed Castro to a wealthier lifestyle and political connections. Castro found himself without a legitimate political platform and little income with which to support the family. His marriage to Mirta eventually ended in 1955. -
Batista as dictator
Batista set himself up as dictator, and got his government recognized by the United States. Castro expected to win in the 1952 election. Castro with others from the Orthodox party that thought were going to win staged a rebel. Castro was caught and sentenced to 15 years in jail, he became famous through out Cuba for this incident -
Guerilla warfare
Castro was released in 1955 under an amnesty deal with the Batista government. He went to Mexico, where he met Ernest Guevara. There, he made a new strategy to overthrow the Batista regime based on guerrilla warfare. -
Returning to Cuba
On December 2, 1956, Castro returned to Cuba with a boatload of 81 insurgents near the eastern city of Manzanillo. In short order, Batista's forces killed or captured most of the attackers. Castro, his brother Raul, and Guevara were able to escape. -
Organizing resistance groups
Over the course of the next two years, Castro's forces waged a guerrilla war against the Batista government, organizing resistance groups in cities and small towns across Cuba. -
batista's collapse
Beginning in 1958, Castro and his forces mounted a series of successful military campaigns throughout Cuba to capture and hold key areas of the country. Along with the loss of popular support and massive desertions in the military, Batista's government collapsed due to Castro's efforts. -
Castro as commander-in-chief
A new government was created, with Jose Miro Cardona as prime minister, and it quickly gained the recognition of the United States. Castro arrived in Havana to cheering crowds and assumed the post of commander-in-chief of the military. -
Discovering a new star
German-Canadian team of astronomers discover a new star with a lumonosity of over one million suns, 6,000 light years from Earth. -
Gay Marrige
Gay marrige is legalized
