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Fidel Castro Ruz Birth.
Fidel Castro Ruz born in eastern Cuban hamlet of Biran, son of a well-off Spanish-born landowner. -
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Fidels Castro's life
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Castro leads armed uprising.
Castro leads armed uprising against military dictator Fulgencio Batista, captured in failed attack on Moncada Barracks in Santiago de Cuba. -
Prime Minister Caastro.
Fidel Castro is named prime minister. -
Castro's Socialist Revolution.
Fidel Castro declares his revolution socialist. -
Castro ends U.S. dollar bans.
Fidel Castro's government ends ban on use of U.S. dollars, one of a series of limited economic openings that government says are aimed at saving revolution. -
Castro is forced to resign.
Castro forced to hand over the reins of power to his brother Raul after undergoing emergency surgery to stop intestinal bleeding caused by undisclosed illness. -
Castro annouces his final resignation.
Almost 19 months since he last appeared in public, Castro said he would not return as head of state and government.