Cuban lawyer and politician, ex-President of Cuba (died 2016)

Fidel Castro

Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz was a Cuban politician and revolutionary who was the leader of Cuba from 1959 to 2008, serving as prime minister from 1959 to 1976 and president from 1976 to 2008. Ideologically a Marxist–Leninist and Cuban nationalist, he also served as the first secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba from 1965 until 2011. Under his administration, Cuba became a one-party communist state; industry and business were nationalized, and socialist reforms were implemented throughout society.

Born

1926

August 13

Died

2016

Era

1920s

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Fidel, in brief

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1926 Born
2016 Died

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What else happened on this day, through history

-29 Octavian holds the first of three consecutive triumphs in Rome to celebrate the victory over the Dalmatian tribes.
523 John I becomes the new Pope after the death of Pope Hormisdas.
554 Emperor Justinian I rewards Liberius for his service in the Pragmatic Sanction, granting him extensive estates in Italy.
582 Maurice becomes Emperor of the Byzantine Empire.

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The world in 1926

When Fidel arrived

april 21 Al-Baqi cemetery, former site of the mausoleum of four Shi'a Imams, is leveled to the ground by Wahhabis.
april 24 The Treaty of Berlin is signed. Germany and the Soviet Union each pledge neutrality in the event of an attack on the other by a third party for the next five years.
april 6 Varney Airlines makes its first commercial flight (Varney is the root company of United Airlines).
april 7 Violet Gibson attempts to assassinate Italian Prime Minister Benito Mussolini.

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Same-day contemporaries

Also born on August 13

Alfred Hitchcock 1899–1980 English-American director and producer (born 1899) Charles Seymour 1662–1748 6th Duke of Somerset, English politician, Lord President of the Council (died 1748) Dave Carter 1952–2002 American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2002) Jason McCourty 1987– American football player Johnny Gaudreau 1993–2024 American ice hockey player (died 2024) Louis François 1717–1711 Prince of Conti (died 1776) Sridevi 1963–2018 Indian actress (died 2018) Suzanne Muldowney 1952– American performance artist Thomas Pogge 1953– German philosopher and academic

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1926

A. N. R. Robinson 1926–2014 Trinbagonian politician, 3rd President of Trinidad and Tobago (born 1926) Alfredo Di Stéfano 1926–2014 Argentinian-Spanish footballer and coach (died 2014) Anahit Tsitsikian 1926– Armenian violinist and educator (died 1999) Andy Griffith 1926–2012 American actor, singer, and producer (born 1926) Avraham Adan 1926–2012 Israeli general (died 2012) Bernard Nathanson 1926–2011 American physician and activist (born 1926) Beryl Cook 1926–2008 English painter and illustrator (born 1926) Boris Chetkov 1926–2010 Russian painter (died 2010) Bruno Bartoletti 1926–2013 Italian conductor (died 2013)

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