1956
Castro Revolutionary Association
Archival records describe Fiorini as an American adventurer who became associated with Fidel Castro's revolutionary forces before the Cuban Revolution succeeded.
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Browse historical events and people recorded at Cuba in United States of America. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Archival records describe Fiorini as an American adventurer who became associated with Fidel Castro's revolutionary forces before the Cuban Revolution succeeded.
Federal and archival records later placed Frank Fiorini, who became known as Frank Sturgis, among Americans associated with Castro's revolutionary movement before 1959.
Sturgis remained involved in Cuban revolutionary activity during the armed struggle against the Batista government.
Federal records later described Fiorini as a soldier of fortune involved in Cuban revolutionary activity during the struggle against the Batista government.
Accounts of Sturgis's Cuban period describe military and training contacts with forces supporting Castro before the revolution succeeded.
Sturgis became involved in military training connected with Castro's rebel forces in Cuba before later turning against the Castro government.
Hunt made an undercover visit to Cuba to assess political conditions, public attitudes, and communications facilities before reporting to CIA superiors.
Exile B-26 aircraft attack three Cuban airfields before the main landing.
Kennedy is informed that strikes hit airfields near Havana and Santiago de Cuba.
Kennedy orders naval interception of offensive weapons shipments to Cuba during the missile crisis.
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