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Events relating to cuba
Columbus and his fellow explorers make landfall on the largest of the Caribbean islands, Cuba
The Spanish complete the conquest of Cuba and establish the town of Havana
An uprising against Spanish rule in Cuba sparks off a Ten Years' War
The Ten Years' War ends in Cuba, with Spain promising extensive reforms including the abolition of slavery
The Spanish governor in Cuba is recalled to Spain, for pioneering the concept of the concentration camp
The US battleship Maine is blown up in Havana harbour, sparking off the Spanish-American War
Theodore Roosevelt fights against the Spanish in Cuba with a volunteer regiment of cavalry, the Rough Riders
In the Treaty of Paris, ending the Spanish-American War, Spain cedes Puerto Rico and Cuba to the USA
Cuba becomes independent after three years of US military rule, with certain restrictions imposed by the Platt Amendment of 1901
Cuba is forced to accept a permanent US military presence in Guantanamo Bay
President Taft sends US marines to Cuba because of political unrest in the island
Fulgencio Batista, as army chief of staff, begins a long career running the affairs of Cuba
Ernest Hemingway publishes The Old Man and the Sea, about an epic struggle between an aged Cuban fisherman and a gigantic marlin
Communist activist Fidel Castro returns from Mexico to Cuba to organize guerrilla warfare against the Batista regime
Dictator Fulgencio Batista flees from Cuba, leaving Havana open to Fidel Castro and his victorious guerrillas
Fidel Castro begins more than four decades of authoritarian rule in Cuba
An invasion force of about 1500 Cuban exiles comes ashore in Cuba's Bay of Pigs in an attempt to topple the Castro regime
Two days after landing in the Bay of Pigs, 114 Cuban exiles are dead and about 1300 have been captured
US intelligence reveals nuclear missile bases under construction in Cuba, causing an international crisis
President Kennedy sends the US navy to prevent delivery of Soviet missiles to Cuba
A deal between President Kennedy and Soviet premier Khrushchev defuses the Cuban missile crisis
Fidel Castro releases, for $53 million in food and medicine, the Cuban exiles taken prisoner in the Bay of Pigs fiasco
Cuban revolutionary Che Guevara is captured and executed in Bolivia
Cuban troops, sent by Castro to Angola, clash with South African forces attempting to combat communism
A cease-fire withdraws Cuban troops from Angola and South African forces from Angola and Namibia
