Ruler · Twentieth century · Cuba

Fidel Castro

1926–2016

Leader of Cuba from 1959 to 2008, born in 1926, who made a communist state ninety miles from Florida. His 26th of July Movement overthrew the Batista dictatorship in January 1959. He survived the Bay of Pigs invasion, brought Soviet missiles to Cuba in 1962, and ruled for nearly half a century.

Facts

Born: 1926, Biran, Cuba.; Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Fidel Castro
Died: 2016, Havana.; Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Fidel Castro
Rule: 1959 to 2008.; Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Fidel Castro
Realm: Cuba.; Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Fidel Castro
Known for: The Cuban Revolution (1959) and the Cuban Missile Crisis (1962).; Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Fidel Castro

Images

Fidel Castro in 1959, photograph (Wikimedia Commons)

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