Nakhai-Ashtiani Timeline for HBSE

By jnak

  • Fela's Birth in Santa Clara, Cuba

    Santa Clara, Cuba

  • Sent to live with her father and step-mother

  • The Great Depression Begins

  • Finishes highest grade of education, 5th grade - Santa Clara, Cuba

  • Marries first husband (moves in with him -15 years old)

  • Divorces 1st Husband in Cuba

  • The Great Depression Ends (approx)

  • WWII starts

  • Marries 2nd Husband Publio Gomez in Cuba

  • First son is born - Armando (in Cuba)

  • Cold War Begins

  • WWII ends

  • First Job as a cashier at a clothing store in Cuba

  • Second child is born - Victoria (in Cuba)

  • Golpe de Estado by Batista. Takes over government

  • Fall of Bastista's dictatorial regime

  • Fidel Castro takes control of the Cuban government

  • Exiled family tries to bring her out

  • Fela & Fam leave Cuba through Spain (leaves her son)

  • Accidental fall in Madrid (3mo Hospital stay) (Francoist Spain)

  • Fela & Fam leave Spain to live in Torrimar, PR

  • Converts to Protestant Christian beliefs

  • Cold War Ends