Today in Cuba History (Part 2)
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Historical Events
Results 101 - 175 of 175
1962-02-07 - President Kennedy begins blockade of Cuba
1962-02-07 - The United States bans all Cuban imports and exports.
1962-07-02 - Cubans minister of Foreign affairs RaulCastro arrives in Moscow
1962-07-26 - Maria Oeljanov, 1st airship with nuclear missiles, arrives in Cuba
1962-08-29 - US U-2 flight sees SAM launch pads in Cuba
1962-10-14 - US U-2 espionage planes locate missile launchers in Cuba
1962-10-16 - Cuban missile crisis began as JFK becomes aware of missiles in Cuba
1962-10-22 - JFK addresses TV about Russian missile bases in Cuba
1962-10-22 - JFK imposes naval blockade on Cuba, beginning missile crisis
1962-10-23 - Adlai Stevenson speaks at UN about Cuba crisis
1962-10-24 - In Cuban missile crisis, the US blockade of Cuba begins
1962-10-25 - Stevenson demands USSR amb Zorin answer regarding Cuban missle bases saying "I am prepared to wait for my answer until hell freezes over"
1962-10-26 - JFK warns Russia US will not allow Soviet missiles to remain in Cuba
1962-10-26 - Nikita Khrushchev sends note to JFK offering to withdraw his missiles from Cuba if US closed its bases in Turkey offer is rejected
1962-10-27 - Black Saturday - Russian nuclear missile crisis in Cuba
1962-10-28 - Khrushchev orders withdrawal of missiles from Cuba, ending crisis
1962-10-28 - Radio Moscow reports nuclear missiles in Cuba deactivated
1962-11-01 - Cuban missile crisis ends, JFK says USSR is dismantling missile bases
1962-11-02 - JFK announces Cuban missile bases were being dismantled
1962-11-20 - USSR agrees to remove bombers from Cuba, & US lifts blockade
1962-12-21 - US & Cuba accord, releases bay of pigs captive
1962-12-23 - Cuba starts returning US prisoners from Bay of Pigs invasion
1963-02-19 - USSR informs JFK it's withdrawing several thousand troops from Cuba
1963-04-27 - Cuban premier Fidel Castro arrives in Moscow
1963-07-08 - US bans all monetary transactions with Cuba
1963-09-27 - Lee Harvey Oswald visits Cubans consulate in Mexico
1963-10-04 - -8] Hurricane Flora, kills 6,000 in Cuba & Haiti
1963-10-09 - Hurricane Flora ravages Cuba & Haiti, kills 6,000
1965-12-01 - Airlift of refugees from Cuba to US began
1966-11-02 - The Cuban Adjustment Act enters force, allowing 123,000 Cubans the opportunity to apply for permanent residence in the United States.
1970-07-30 - -Aug 5] Hurricane Celia, kills 31 in Cuba, Florida & Texas
1975-08-21 - US lightens trade embargo against Cuba
1975-10-23 - Battle between Cuba & South Africa troops in Angola
1975-10-26 - Cuba beats Mexico for its 4th Pan Am Games Gold Medal in baseball
1976-02-24 - Cuba adopts its constitution
1976-10-06 - Cubans DC-8 crashes after bomb attack
1976-10-06 - Cubana Flight 455 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean after two bombs, placed by terrorists with connections to the CIA, exploded onboard shortly after taking off from Bridgetown, Barbados. All 73 people on-board were killed.
1976-12-02 - Fidel Castro becomes President of Cuba replacing Osvaldo Dorticós Torrado.
1977-03-18 - US restricts citizens from visiting Cuba, Vietnam, N Korea & Cambodia
1977-06-03 - US & Cuba talk about diplomatic relations
1978-07-13 - Walter Poenisch completes swim of 207 km from Cuba to Florida
1980-04-14 - 1st Cubans of the Mariel boatlift sail to Florida
1980-04-20 - Cubans begin to arrive in US from Mariel boatlift
1980-09-18 - Soyuz 38 carries 2 cosmonauts (1 Cuban) to Salyut 6 space station
1980-09-26 - Cuban govt closes Mariel Harbor ending "freedom flotilla"
1981-03-24 - Colombia drops diplomatic relations with Cuba
1982-01-23 - Urbe Blanca (cow) produces record 110 kg of milk, Cuba (approx date)
1985-05-20 - US began broadcasts to Cuba on Radio Marti
1987-08-15 - US beats Cuba in Pan-Am baseball
1987-08-15 - At Pan Am games in Indianapolis, USA & Cuba are tied with 2 outs in 9th, Ty Griffin HR, Cuba 1st loss in 20 years of Pan Am competition
1988-08-08 - Angola, Cuba & South Africa sign cease fire treaty
1988-09-08 - Javier Sotomayer of Cuba high jumps world record 2.43m
1989-07-29 - Javier Sotomayor of Cuba sets high jump record (8'0") in San Juan
1990-03-27 - The United States begins broadcasting TV Martí to Cuba in an effort to bridge the information blackout imposed by the Castro regime.
1990-08-06 - UN Security Council votes 13-0 (2 abstensions Cuba & Yemen) to place economic sanctions against Iraq
1991-05-23 - Last Cubans troops leave Angola
1991-11-21 - Poetess Maria Elene Cruz Varela arrested in Cuba
1991-11-27 - Poetess Maria Elene Cruz Varela sentenced to 2 years (Cuba)
1992-01-03 - 32 Cubans defect to the US via helicopter
1992-06-28 - US Dream Team beats Cuba in 1st exhibition basketball game, 133-57
1992-11-15 - Cuban Ilyushin IL-18 flight to Puerto Plata crashes, 34 die
1993-11-15 - 13 Cuban refugees land in Florida after stealing a crop-duster in Cuba.
1994-03-13 - Cuba Godding Jr (26) weds Sara Kapfer (26)
1994-08-01 - Train crash in Havana Cuba, 6 killed
1996-02-24 - Cuba downs 2 US planes
1997-05-12 - Susie Maroney, 22, of Australia, is 1st to swim from Cuba to Florida
1997-12-31 - Orlando Hernandez, half-brother of pitcher Livan, defects from Cuba
1998-01-21 - Pope John Paul II visits Cuba
1998-01-23 - Pope John Paul II condemns US embargo against Cuba
2000-06-28 - Cuban exile Elián González returns to Cuba following a Supreme Court order.
2002-05-12 - Former US President Jimmy Carter arrives in Cuba for a five-day visit with Fidel Castro becoming first President of the United States, in or out of office, to visit the island since Castro's 1959 revolution.
2002-12-08 - The Caribbean Community Heads of Government meet with the Government of Cuba and declare the date to be "CARICOM-Cuba Day" - To celebrate diplomatic ties between the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and Cuba.
2004-10-25 - Fidel Castro, Cuba's President, announces that transactions using the American Dollar will be banned by November 8.
2006-07-31 - Fidel Castro hands over power temporarily to brother Raúl Castro. This leads to a celebration in Little Havana (La Pequeña Habana in Spanish), Miami, Florida, where many Cuban Americans participated.
2008-02-24 - Fidel Castro retires as the President of Cuba after nearly fifty years.
Famous Birthdays
Results 101 - 124 of 124
1967-09-22 - Félix Savón, Cuban boxer
1967-10-13 - Javier Sotomayor, Cuban jumper (world record 1989)
1968-01-02 - Cuba Gooding Jr, actor (Boyz N the Hood, Glaadiator, Few Good Men)
1968-11-04 - Osvaldo Fernandez, Holguin Cuba, pitcher (SF Giants)
1969-05-18 - Martika, [Marta Marrero], Cuba, singer (Toy Soldiers)
1971-06-01 - Mario Cimarro, Cuban actor
1971-06-01 - Roldán González, Cuban singer
1971-08-10 - Mario César Kindelán Mesa, Cuban boxer
1971-12-06 - José Contreras, Cuban baseball player
1972-01-11 - Rey Ordonez, Havana Cuba, infielder (NY Mets)
1972-12-17 - Ivan Pedroso, Cuba, long jumper (Olympics-4th-92)
1974-01-23 - Yosvani Pérez, Cuban baseball player
1974-01-31 - Ariel Pestano, Cuban baseball player
1974-03-19 - Vida Guerra, Cuban-American swimsuit model
1975-02-20 - Liván Hernández, Cuban baseball player
1975-10-23 - Odalys García, Cuban actress
1977-01-12 - Yoandy Garlobo, Cuban baseball player
1977-08-20 - Mayra Veronica, Cuban model and actress
1978-06-14 - Annia Hatch, Cuban-American gymnast
1979-07-22 - Yadel Martí, Cuban baseball player
1979-08-10 - Joanna Garcia, Cuban actress
1981-12-23 - Yuriorkis Gamboa, Cuban boxer
1984-06-09 - Yulieski Gourriel, Cuban baseball player
1985-06-02 - Ana Cristina, Cuban American singer,composer, and actress
Famous Deaths
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