Nace el Comandante Camilo Cienfuegos Gorriarán.

Historical dates of Cuba in the month of February

DayYear   Historical dates of Cuba in the month of February
11751Foundation of Holguin (originally called San Isidoro de Holguin).
1873Death of poetess Gertrudis Gomez de Avellaneda.
21514Foundation of the village of Santa Maria del Puerto de Principe, currently named Camagüey.
1849Birth of Jose Maceo y Grajales, in Majaguabo, Oriente.
31934Revolutionary Gabriel Barcelo died of tuberculosis.
41891Jose Marti participated in the American Monetary Commission.
1919Birth of revolutionary Fernando Chenard Piña, killed in the assault on Moncada Garrison.
1959US Government threatened to cut down Cuban sugar export quota, because of the revolutionary measures that were implemented those days.
1962Second Havana Declaration.
61879Jose Marti received permission to teach in High School Education in Havana.
1932Birth of Commander Camilo Cienfuegos Gorriaran.
1962Foundation of the National Department of Daycare Centers.
71901Death in Madrid of Ana Betancourt, pioneer of Cuban movement for female emancipation.
1958Detention and murder of revolutionary fighter Gerardo Abreu (Fontan).
1959The Heroic Guerilla Fighter, Commander Ernesto Che Guevara, was declared Cuban citizen.
91873Major General Ignacio Agramonte led the battle of San Miguel, Puerto Principe.
111959Beginning of a literacy course for members of the Rebel Army in Ciudad Libertad (Freedom City).
121867Failure of the Information Board.
131953Ruben Batista died as a consequence of the wounds inflicted during the students’ demonstration of January 15.
1953Assassination of communist leader Paquito Rosales, in Manzanillo.
151898Battleship Maine was blown by the United States in Havana Bay to justify their eventual interference in the Spanish-Cuban War.
161903President Estrada Palma signed the “agreement” to lease the territory of Caimanera to the United States.
191963Death of legendary singer Benny More.
201962The revolutionary government created the National Committee of the Cuban Academy of Sciences.
211723Rebellion and killing of tobacco farmers in Jesus del Monte.
1901Signing of the 1901 Constitution in Havana. It remained unchanged until 1928.
221877Death of patriot Francisco Vicente Aguilera.
231896Antonio Maceo arrived in Matanzas.
241832Birth in Bayamo of poet Juan Clemente Zenea.
1895Resumption of the independence war, with uprisings in Matanzas, Las Villas and Oriente.
251802Birth in Havana of the famous bishop Espada.
1853Death of philosopher Felix Varela.
1931Birth of revolutionary Rafael Freyre Torres, killed in the attack on Moncada Garrison.
261869The Patriotic Assembly declared in Camagüey the abolition of slavery.
1962Beginning of the first anti-polio vaccination campaign.
271874Carlos Manuel de Cespedes, Father of our Homeland and leader of the 1868 war, died fighting against Spanish troops.
(Translated by: Pedro A. Fanego)

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