Fulgencio Batista1 January 1959
Overthrown by Fidel Castro
Cuba · Revolution / Revolution of Cuba. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Overthrown by Fidel Castro
Castro's forces enter Havana after Batista flees Cuba.
Castro arrives in Havana to cheering mobs and assumes the post of Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces
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