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Cuba in 1960

Historical records for Cuba in 1960, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

5Records
4Events
3Named people
2Places
3Categories

Historical records

May

May 1960Christian Democratic Front ParticipationJose Ignacio Rasco

Miami · Warfare / Bay of Pigs Invasion

Rasco's Christian Democratic Movement participates in the Democratic Revolutionary Front formed to coordinate opposition to Castro.

May 1960Institutional Democratic Movement Joins FRDRicardo Rafael Sardina

Miami · Warfare / Bay of Pigs Invasion

Sardina's Institutional Democratic Movement joins the exile Democratic Revolutionary Front supported by the covert programme.

August

6 August 1960NationalizationFidel Alejandro Castro

Havana · Economy / US-Owned Companies

Cuba nationalizes major US-owned refineries, utilities and industrial assets

Other Events

1960EmbargoFidel Alejandro Castro

Havana · Government / Communist Party Government

The USA begins its embargo of Cuba after American wealth in Cuba is nationalized

1960NationalizationFidel Alejandro Castro

Havana · Government / Communist Party Government

Nationalizes the property of wealthy Cubans, Americans & other foreigners

Names involved

Fidel Alejandro CastroJose Ignacio RascoRicardo Rafael Sardina

Places involved

HavanaMiami

Provenance

This page is generated from stored World History Database records matching the exact country and year shown above. Exact duplicate display records are collapsed. Records without a month are listed after the monthly sections. Source provenance varies by record; formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.