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Rafael Trujill born in San Cristobal, Dominican Republic
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Trujillo joins his country's first municipal police force, the Constabulary Guard.
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Fidel Castro born in Biran, Cuba.
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Trujillo uses assassinations and torture to win Presidential election.
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Trujillo orchestrates a massacre of thousands of Hatian migrants in the Dominican Republic.
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Cuban Revolution begins when Castro and approx. 150 supporters attack the Moncada military barracks in an attempt to overthow Batista. Castro is captured and sentenced to 15 years in prison.
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Fidel Castro is released from prison and heads to Mexico where he meets Ernesto "Che" Guevara.
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Castro invades Cuba with 81 insurgents near Manzanillo. Many of the insurgents are captured, but Castro, his brother Raul, and Guevara escape to the mountains. From there they launch a two year guerilla campaign against the Cuban government.
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Batista leaves Cuba for The Dominican Republic, officially ending his government in Cuba. A new government is created with Fidel Casto as Commander-in-Cheif of the military forces
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Jose Mira Cardona resigns as Prime Minister. He is replaced by FIdel Castro.
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Cuban backed invasion on the Dominican Republic occurs in an attempt to oust Trujillo as dictator of the country
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Fidel Castro signs a trade aggrement with the USSR leading to strained relations with the US
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Trujillo orders an assassination attempt on Venezuelan President Romulo Betancourt. The bomb planted on his car wounded, but failed to kill the target.
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Three of the four Mirabal sisters, Minerva, Partia, and Marie Teresa, are assassinated by Trujillo's government. They were among the leaders of the 14th of June Movement
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Cuban exiles invade Cuba at the Bay of Pigs one day after Cuba is officially declare a socialist state. The invasion fails and most insurgents are captured.
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Trujillo is ambushed in his car on a road outsido of Cuidad Trujillo. He is shot and killed
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Soviet Premier Khrushchev sends nuclear missiles to Cuba in an attempt to deter a future US invation. This leads to a 13 day standoff nearly resulting in nuclear war. In the end, the missiles are removed from Cuba and the US announces publicly it will not invade Cuba
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Fidel Castro permenently steps down as Cuban president due to declining health. He hands his power to his brother Raul
