Fulgencio Batista Timeline of Events

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Fulgencio Batista

Fulgencio Batista y Zaldívar was the United States-aligned Cuban President, dictator and military leader who served as the leader of Cuba from 1933 to 1944 and from 1952 to 1959, before being overthrown as a result of the Cuban Revolution....

Timeline of Events

1952

3.10.1952

Fulgencio Batista leads a successful coup in Cuba and appoints himself as the "provisional president".

1957

3.13.1957

Cuban student revolutionaries storm the presidential palace in Havana in a failed attempt on the life of President Fulgencio Batista.

9.5.1957

Cuba: Fulgencio Batista bombs the revolt in Cienfuegos.

1959

1.1.1959

Fulgencio Batista, president of Cuba, is overthrown by Fidel Castro's forces during the Cuban Revolution.

2.16.1959

Fidel Castro becomes Premier of Cuba after dictator Fulgencio Batista was overthrown on January 1.