1959 ⟶ Fidel Castro's Forces Seize Power in Cuba

January 1: Cuban Revolution ends.
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🇨🇺 Fidel Castro's Forces Seize Power in Cuba

January 1: Cuban Revolution ends.⟶
Fidel Castro's Forces Seize Power in Cuba (1959)
Cold WarRevolutionCommunismDictatorshipCuban RevolutionFidel CastroPolitical Change
CubaCuba

💥 Bay of Pigs Invasion Fails

April 17 – 20: Bay of Pigs Invasion by Cuban exiles ends in failure.⟶
Bay of Pigs Invasion Fails (1961)
Cold WarCuban RevolutionInvasionFailed CoupExileCIAJohn F. KennedyFidel CastroProxy War
CubaCubaUnited StatesUnited States

📡 United States Begins Radio and Television Martí Broadcasts to Cuba

March 27: The United States begins broadcasting Radio y Televisión Martí to Cuba.⟶
United States Begins Radio and Television Martí Broadcasts to Cuba (1990)
Cold WarPropagandaTelevisionCuban RevolutionInternational Relations
United StatesUnited StatesCubaCuba

🤝 Barack Obama Visits Cuba

March 20: Barack Obama becomes the first U.S. president to visit Cuba since Calvin Coolidge in 1928.⟶
Barack Obama Visits Cuba (2016)
DiplomacyForeign RelationsCold War Legacy
United StatesUnited StatesCubaCuba

⚰️ Death and State Funeral of Fidel Castro

Death and state funeral of Fidel Castro.⟶
Death and State Funeral of Fidel Castro (2016)
Cold WarCuban RevolutionSocialismCommunismDictatorshipPolitical TransitionFidel CastroState Funeral
CubaCuba