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Historical Events
Results 1 - 100 of 175
1492-10-27 - Christopher Columbus discovers Cuba & claims it for Spain
1492-11-05 - Christopher Columbus learns of maize (corn) from Indians of Cuba
1519-07-25 - San Cristobal de la Habana forms in Cuba
1539-01-14 - Spain annexes Cuba.
1628-09-08 - Bay of Matanzas Cuba: Piet Heyn captures Spanish silver fleet
1787-05-17 - English slave ship Sisters, from Africa to Cuba, capsizes
1829-06-05 - The HMS Pickle captures the armed slave ship Voladora off the coast of Cuba.
1863-03-21 - Naval Engagement at Havana Cuba-USS Henrick Hudson vs BR Wild Pigeon
1868-10-10 - Cuba revolts for independence against Spain
1869-04-10 - José Martí founds the Cuban Revolutionary Party.
1875-09-29 - US-Spanish relations decline in wake of Cuban rebellion
1886-10-07 - Spain abolishes slavery in Cuba
1888-09-07 - Edith Eleanor McLean is 1st baby place in an incubator
1890-01-22 - Jose Marti forms La Liga (Union of Cuban exiles) in NYC
1895-01-31 - Jose Martí & others leave NYC for invasion of Spanish Cuba
1895-02-24 - Cuban war for independence begins
1898-04-22 - US President McKinley orders blockade of Cuban harbors
1898-04-24 - Spain declares war on US rejecting ultimatum to withdraw from Cuba
1898-04-25 - US declares war on Spain over Cuba
1898-06-10 - US Marines land in Cuba, during Spanish-American War
1898-06-11 - 1st US Marines land in Cuba during Spanish-American War
1898-06-11 - 600 US marines land at Guantanamo Cuba
1898-06-15 - US marines attack Spanish off Guantánamo Cuba
1898-06-24 - American troops, drive Spanish forces from La Guasimas Cuba
1898-07-03 - US Navy defeats Spanish fleet in Santiago harbor, Cuba
1898-07-17 - Spanish American War-Spaniards surrender to US at Santiago Cuba
1899-01-01 - Cuba liberated from Spain by US (Natl Day) (US occupies till 1902)
1899-01-01 - Spanish rule ends in Cuba.
1901-03-02 - The United States Congress passes the Platt amendment, limiting the autonomy of Cuba as a condition for the withdrawal of American troops.
1902-05-20 - Cuba gains independence from Spain
1902-05-20 - US military occupation of Cuba (since Jan 1, 1899) ends
1903-02-23 - Cuban state of Guantanamo leased to USA
1903-02-24 - US signs agreement acquiring a naval station at Guantanamo Bay Cuba
1904-02-05 - American occupation of Cuba ends
1906-08-23 - Cuba's 1st president Tomés Estrada Palma asks for US intervention
1906-09-28 - US troops reoccupy Cuba, stay until 1909
1906-09-29 - US intervenes in Cuba ousts dictator Estrada Palma
1906-10-03 - US regime names Charles Magoon, governor of Cuba
1909-01-28 - US milt forces leave Cuba for 2nd time
1911-01-30 - 1st rescue of an air passenger by a ship, near Havana, Cuba
1912-05-31 - US marines land on Cuba
1912-06-05 - US marines invade Cuba (3nd time)
1914-03-09 - US Sen Albert Fall (Teapot Dome) demands "Cubanisation of Mexico"
1914-08-05 - Cuba, Uruguay, Mexico & Argentina proclaim neutrality in WW I
1916-03-08 - US invades Cuba for 3rd time, this to end corrupt Menocal regime
1919-07-04 - Jack Dempsey KOs Jess Willard in Cuba for heavyweight championship
1920-03-08 - Denmark & Cuba join the League of Nations
1921-06-06 - Detroit Stars' Bill Gatewood pitches the 1st no-hitter in Negro League history, defeating the Cuban Stars 4-0
1926-10-20 - Hurricane in Cuba, kills 600
1927-03-24 - Cuban chess champ, Jose Capablanca wins 33-day Grand Chess Tournie
1932-11-09 - Hurricane storm wave sweeps over Santa Cruz del Sur Cuba kills 2,500
1933-08-12 - Cuban dictator Machado y Morales flees after military coup
1933-09-04 - Coup on Cuban president De Cespedes by Fulgencio Batista
1935-09-20 - Pitts Crawfords beat NY Cubans to win Negro NL Championship, 3-0
1939-04-30 - Tropicana ballet of Havana Cuba, forms
1942-08-27 - Cuba declares war on Germany, Japan & Italy
1947-10-04 - Negro League World Series, NY Cubans beat Cleveland Buckeyes, 6-5
1949-01-19 - Cuba recognises Israel.
1952-03-10 - Military coup by general Fulgencio Batista in Cuba
1953-07-26 - Cuban pirate radio station's 1st transmission at Santiago de Cuba
1953-08-01 - Fidel Castro arrested in Cuba
1954-11-01 - General Fulgencio Batista elected pres of Cuba
1955-11-13 - 1st live telecast from non-contiguous foreign country-Havana Cuba
1956-12-02 - Fidel Castro lands with "Granma" on coast of Cuba
1957-03-13 - Bloody battles after anti-Batista demonstration in Havana Cuba
1957-09-05 - Cuban dictator Batista bombs Cienfuegos uprising
1958-01-08 - Cuban revolutionary forces capture Havana
1958-02-23 - 5-time world driving champion Juan Fangio kidnapped by Cuban rebels
1958-08-18 - Fidel Castro makes a speech on Cuban pirate radio Rebelde
1958-12-31 - Cubans dictator Batista flees
1959-01-01 - Castro leads Cuba to victory as Fulgencio Batista flees to Dom Rep
1959-01-02 - Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista flees
1959-01-07 - US recognizes Fidel Castro's Cuban govt
1959-02-07 - Castro proclaims new Cuban constitution
1959-02-13 - Miro Cardon, premier of Cuba, resigns
1959-02-16 - Fidel Castro named himself Cuba's premier after overthrowing Batista
1959-04-26 - Cuba invades Panama
1960-03-04 - French freighter "La Coubre" explodes in Havana Cuba, killing 100
1960-04-02 - Cuba buys oil from USSR
1960-05-08 - USSR & Cuba resume diplomatic relations
1960-06-30 - US stops sugar import from Cuba
1960-07-01 - Fidel Castro nationalizes Esso, Shell & Texaco in Cuba
1960-07-22 - Cuba nationalizes all US owned sugar factories
1960-09-17 - Cuba nationalizes US banks
1960-10-13 - Opponents of Fidel Castro executed in Cuba
1960-10-19 - US imposes embargo on exports to Cuba
1960-10-25 - Cuba nationalizes all remaining US businesses
1960-10-30 - Guatemala's "La Hora" reports plan for invasion on Cuba
1961-01-03 - US breaks diplomatic relations with Cuba
1961-01-05 - US breaks diplomatic relations with Cuba
1961-04-14 - Cuban-American invasion army departs Nicaragua
1961-04-17 - 1,400 Cuban exiles land in Bay of Pigs attempt to overthrow Castro
1961-04-30 - Premier Fidel Castro of Cuba receives Lenin-Peace Prize
1961-05-01 - 1st US airplane hijacked to Cuba
1961-05-01 - Fidel Castro announces there will be no more elections in Cuba
1961-07-24 - Beginning of a trend, a US commercial plane is hijacked to Cuba
1961-12-02 - Fidel Castro declares he's a Marxist, & will lead Cuba to Communism
1961-12-23 - Fidel Castro announces Cuba will release 1,113 prisoners from failed 1961 Bay of Pigs Invasion for $62M worth of food & medical supplies
1962-01-22 - The Organization of American States suspends Cuba's membership.
1962-02-03 - Pres Kennedy bans all trade with Cuba except for food & drugs
Famous Birthdays
Results 1 - 100 of 124
1819-04-18 - Carlos Manuel de Céspedes, Cuban Revolutionary (d. 1874)
1842-12-22 - Jose Maria de Heredia, Cuba, French sonnet poet
1849-04-13 - Enrique Jose Varona, Cuban sociologist/psychologist
1853-01-28 - Jose Martí y Perez, Cuba, poet/essayist/politician
1881-05-11 - Al Cabrera, Spanish-born Cuban baseball player (d. 1964)
1882-09-13 - Ramón Grau, Cuban president (d. 1969)
1888-11-19 - Jose RaulCapablanca, Cuba, world chess champion (1921-27)
1890-08-04 - Dolf Luque, Cuban baseball player (d. 1957)
1901-01-16 - Fulgencio Batista, president/dictator of Cuba (1933-44, 1952-59)
1902-12-08 - Wifredo Lam, Cuban artist (d. 1982)
1903-08-14 - Millard Mitchell, Havana Cuba, actor (12 O'Clock High, Gunfighter)
1904-12-26 - Alentejo Carpentier, Cubans/French writer (Guerra del Tiempo)
1907-11-18 - Compay Segundo, Cuban musician (Buena Vista Social Club) (d. 2003)
1908-09-05 - Joaquin Maria Nin-Culmell, Berlin Germany, Cuban/Spanish composer
1910-12-19 - Jose Lezama Lima, Havana Cuba, poet/novelist
1911-09-11 - Bola de Nieve, Cuban pianist (d. 1971)
1914-11-15 - Jorge Bolet, Havana Cuba, pianist (C'eurties Instituka)
1916-12-11 - Dámaso Pérez Prado, Cuban-born bandleader (d. 1989)
1917-03-02 - Desi Arnaz, Santiago Cuba, actor (I Love Lucy)
1917-12-21 - Alicia Alonso, Havana Cuba, ballerina (American Ballet Theatre)
1920-02-27 - Jose Melis, Havana Cuba, orch leader (Jack Paar Program)
1921-01-17 - Antonio Prohias, Cuban cartoonist (d. 1998)
1922-04-07 - Mongo Santamaria, Cuban musician (d. 2003)
1922-05-31 - Denholm Elliott, London, actor (Alfie, Cuba, Doll's House, King Rat)
1922-11-29 - Minnie Miñoso, Cuban baseball player
1923-07-23 - Luis Aloma, Cuban baseball player (d. 1997)
1923-10-15 - Italo Calvino, Cuba, author (Winter's Night a Traveler)
1924-10-21 - Celia Cruz, Cuban singer, Queen of Salsa. (d. 2003)
1926-01-06 - Kid Gavilan, Cuban boxer (d. 2003)
1926-08-13 - Fidel Castro Ruz, Mayari, Oriente, Cuba, dictator (1959- )
1926-12-25 - Enrique Jorrín, Cuban composer and musician (d. 1987)
1927-10-12 - Antonia Rey, Havana Cuba, actress (True Colors, Wise Guys)
1928-05-31 - Jacob Lateiner, Havana Cuba, pianist/professor (Juiliard)
1928-06-14 - Ernesto "Che" Guevara Serna, Arg/Cuba revolutionary (Cuba)
1928-07-02 - Estelita Rodriguez, Cuba, actress (Cuban Fireball, Havana Rose)
1930-01-30 - Sandy Amorós, Cuban baseball player (d. 1992)
1930-10-29 - Omara Portuondo, Cuban singer
1931-06-03 - Raúl Castro, Cuban statesman
1932-02-06 - Camilo Cienfuegos, Cuban revolutionary (d. 1959)
1932-05-08 - Julieta Campos, Cuban-Mexican writer (d. 2007)
1933-02-15 - Adolfo, Cardones Cuba, fashion designer (Nancy Reagan)
1933-11-17 - Orlando Peña, Cuban baseball player
1938-07-15 - Enrique Figuerola Camue, Cuba, 100m runner (Olympic-silver-1964)
1940-10-04 - Alberto Vilar, Cuban-American investor and philanthropist
1940-11-23 - Luis Tiant, Cuba, baseball pitcher (Boston Red Sox, NY Yankees)
1941-10-09 - Chucho Valdés, Cuban musician
1942-01-29 - Arnaldo Tamayo-Mendez, Cuba, cosmonaut (Soyuz 38)
1943-02-24 - Pablo Milanés, Cuban musician
1943-06-24 - Georg Stanford Brown, Havana Cuba, actor (Terry Webster-Rookies)
1943-07-16 - Reinaldo Arenas, Cuban poet (d. 1990)
1943-10-07 - José Cardenal, Cuban baseball player
1944-04-27 - Cuba Gooding, US singer (Everybody Plays the Fool)
1946-06-22 - Eliades Ochoa, Cuban guitarist (Buena Vista Social Club)
1946-09-02 - Luis Avalos, Havana Cuba, actor (Condo, E/R, I Had 3 Wives)
1946-11-29 - Silvio Rodríguez, Cuban poet
1947-07-28 - Miguelina Cobian, Santiago Cuba, 4x100m runner (Olympic-silver-1968)
1947-08-26 - Emiliano Díez, Cuban actor
1947-11-01 - Rolando Garbey, Oriente Cuba, light MW boxer (Olympic-silver-1968)
1949-11-06 - Arturo Sandoval, Cuban-born trumpeter
1950-02-08 - Jose Armando Lopez-Falcon, Cuba, cosmonaut
1950-03-04 - Emilio Estefan, Cuba, rocker (Miami Sound Machine-1 2 3)
1950-03-04 - Rafael Canizares Poey, Alacs Mtnzs Cuba, basketballer (Oly-bronze-72)
1950-06-03 - Marlene Elejarde, Havana Cuba, 4x100m runner (Olympic-silver-1968)
1950-11-11 - Rudy Sarzo, Cuban bass guitarist
1950-11-21 - Alberto Juantorena, Cuba, 400m dash (Olympic-gold-1976)
1951-04-15 - Hansel, Cuba, spanish personality
1951-08-12 - Hector Rodriguez, Cuba, lightweight judo (Olympic-gold-1976)
1951-12-03 - Danger Alberto Juantorena, Cuba, 800m runner (Olympic-gold-1976)
1952-03-29 - Teofilo Stevenson, Cuba, heavyweight boxer (Olympic-gold-1972, 76, 80)
1952-08-02 - Angel Herrera, Cuba, FW/LW boxer (Olympic-gold-1976, 80)
1953-03-04 - Emilio Estefan, Cuban percussionist
1953-07-11 - Peter Bergman, Guantanamo Bay Cuba, actor (Eat or Be Eaten)
1954-09-20 - Silvio Leonard, Cienguegos Cuba, 100m runner (Olympic-silver-1980)
1956-02-15 - Hilda Beatriz "Hildita" Guevara, Cuba, daughter of "Che" Guevara
1956-03-19 - Alina Castro, Havanna Cuba, daughter of Fidel
1956-04-12 - Andy Garcia, Cuba, actor (Stand & Deliver, 8 Million Ways to Die)
1956-12-02 - Steven Bauer, Havana Cuba, actor (Scarface, Thief of Hearts)
1957-03-10 - Adolfo Horta, Camaguey Cuba, HW boxer (Olympic-silver-1980)
1957-06-29 - Maria Conchita Alonso, Cuba, actress (Moscow on the Hudson)
1957-09-23 - Tony Fossas, Cuba, pitcher (St Louis Cardinals)
1957-11-17 - Daisy Fuentes, Havana Cuba, VJ (MTV International) (claims 1964)
1957-12-06 - Luis Mariano Delis Fournier, Cuba, discus thrower (Oly-bronze-1980)
1958-03-25 - Maria Caridad Colón, Cuba, javelin thrower, (Olympic-gold-1980)
1958-07-31 - Mark Cuban, American businessman and basketball team owner
1958-09-17 - Daniel Nunez, Cuba, weightlifter (Olympic-gold-1980)
1958-11-11 - Carlos Lacamara, Cuban-born American Actor
1958-11-18 - Oscar Nunez, Cuban American actor
1959-12-14 - Franco Iglesia, Cuba, spanish singer
1961-05-09 - Rene Capo, Pinal del Rio Cuba, half-heavyweight judoka (Olympics-96)
1961-09-23 - Elizabeth Pena, Havana Cuba, actress (La Bamba, Jacob's Ladder)
1963-02-16 - Dave Lombardo, Cuban drummer (Slayer)
1963-03-23 - Ana Quirot, Cuba, 800m runner (Olympics-bronze/silver-92, 96)
1964-07-02 - Jose Canseco, Havana Cuba, outfielder (Oak A's, Red Sox, 1988 AL MVP)
1964-07-02 - Ozzie Canseco, Cuban-born American baseball player
1964-09-24 - Rafael Palmeiro, Havana Cuba, 1st baseman (Baltimore Orioles)
1964-10-19 - Jorge Luis Gonzales, Cuban-born American boxer
1965-01-06 - Konnan, Cuban-born professional wrestler
1965-11-20 - Sen Dog, Cuban rapper (Cypress Hill)
1966-02-24 - Rene Arocha, Cubans/US baseball pitcher (St Louis Cardinals)
1967-04-12 - Mellow Man Ace, Cuba, spanish rapper/actor (Only the Strong)
Famous Deaths
Results 1 - 43 of 43
1872-07-18 - Benito Juarez, Cuban justice/general (battle of Acapulco), dies at 66
1895-05-19 - Jose J Marti y Perez, Spanish/Cuban poet (Versos sencillos), dies
1905-10-02 - Jose Maria de Heredia, Cuban/French sonnet poet, dies at 62
1908-11-04 - Tomés Estrada Palma, 1st president Cuba (1902-06), dies
1929-01-11 - Julio Antonio Mella, Cuban revolutionary, murdered at about 28
1933-11-19 - Enrique Jose Varona, Cuban sociologist/vice-president, dies at 84
1942-03-08 - Jose R Capablanca, Cuban chess player (world champ 1927), dies at 53
1959-04-27 - Gordon Armstrong, inventor (baby incubator), dies
1959-10-28 - Camilo Cienfuegos, Cuban revolutionary (b. 1932)
1962-10-27 - Rudolph Anderson, U-2 pilot, shot down over Cuba
1967-10-08 - [Ernesto] Che Guevara [Serna], Arg/Cuban revolutionary, dies
1969-07-28 - Ramón Grau, Cuban president (b. 1882)
1971-10-02 - Bola de Nieve, Cuban singer, pianist, and songwriter (b. 1911)
1973-08-06 - Fulgencio Batista y Zaldivar, dictator Cuba (1940-58), dies at 72
1976-08-09 - Jose Lezama Lima, Cuban poet/novelist, dies at 65
1977-02-19 - Mike González, Cuban baseball player (b. 1890)
1980-04-24 - Alentejo Carpentier, Cuban/Fren writer (Guerra del Tiempo), dies at 75
1987-12-12 - Enrique Jorrín, Cuban musician and composer (b. 1926)
1989-07-13 - Arnaldo Ochoa Sanchez, Cubans general, executed
1989-09-14 - Dámaso Pérez Prado, Cuban musician (b. 1916)
1990-10-16 - Jorge Bolet, Cuban-American classical pianist (b. 1914)
1992-02-28 - La Lupe, Cuban singer, dies of a heart attack in the Bronx at 53
1992-08-02 - Julio C Fernandez, Cuban/US journalist (founder Alma Mater), dies
1992-08-07 - Titti Sotto, Cuban composer (La Esquina Habanera), dies
1993-07-11 - Mario Bauza, Cubans/US jazz musician, dies at 82
1994-03-01 - Eliseo Diego, Cuban poet, dies at 74
1994-10-22 - Fabio Grobart, founder (Cuban Communist Party), dies
1997-04-07 - Luis Aloma, Cuban baseball player (b. 1923)
1998-02-24 - Antonio Prohias, Cuban-born cartoonist (b. 1921)
1999-09-11 - Belkis Ayón, Cuban artist (b. 1967)
2002-01-13 - Gregorio Fuentes, Cuban fisherman, reputed model for Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea (b. 1897)
2002-11-26 - Polo Montañez, Cuban singer and songwriter (b. 1955)
2003-02-01 - Mongo Santamaria, Cuban percussionist and band leader (b. 1922)
2003-02-13 - Kid Gavilan, Cuban boxer (b. 1926)
2003-07-13 - Compay Segundo, Cuban musician (b. 1907)
2003-07-16 - Celia Cruz, Cuban musician (b. 1924)
2003-12-08 - Rubén González, Cuban pianist (Buena Vista Social Club) (b. 1919)
2005-02-21 - Guillermo Cabrera Infante, Cuban novelist (b. 1929)
2005-08-06 - Ibrahim Ferrer, Cuban musician (Buena Vista Social Club) (b. 1927)
2006-10-11 - Benito Martínez, Cuban who claimed to be the oldest person, died mildly ironically. Family didn't mourn - mostly dead also. (b. ?1880)
2007-02-03 - Pedro Knight, Cuban-American musician, husband of legendary singer Celia Cruz (b. 1921)
2008-03-22 - Cachao López, Cuban mambo musician (b. 1918)
2008-06-02 - Mel Ferrer, American actor, film director and film producer (b. 1917)
