Cuban Revolution By fat.Ls 1953 Castro Sentenced to Fifteen Years in Prison Jul 23, 1953 Castro Launches Attack on Batista (then Dictator of Cuba) 1955 Castro Goes to Mexico 1956 Guerrilla Warfare Begins Dec 2, 1956 Castro Lands in Cuba with Rebels 1958 The US Ends Military Aid to Batista Dec 28, 1958 The Fall of Santa Clara to Rebels Jan 1, 1959 Batista leaves Cuba 1959 Castro and Allies Take Power 1959 Castro Becomes Prime Minister of Cuba Jan 18, 1959 Castro and Army Enter Havana 1960 US Businesses in Cuba Nationalized Oct 19, 1960 The US Begins to Imposes a Partial Economic Embargo 1961 Cuba Begins to Align Itself with USSR Jan 3, 1961 The US Ends Diplomatic Relations with Cuba Apr 16, 1961 Cuba is Declared Socialist Apr 19, 1961 The Bay of Pigs 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis Feb 7, 1962 The US Begins a Full Trade Embargo on Cuba 1965 Cuba's one political party renamed to the Cuban Communist Party Oct 9, 1967 Ché Guevara Killed
