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24 Feb 2008
Fidel Castro stepped down as President of Cuba after keeping the position for thirty-two years.
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19 Feb 2008
Fidel Castro steps down as Cuba's president.
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1 May 1961
Fidel Castro banned elections and declared Cuba to be a socialist nation.
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17 Apr 1961
1,400 Cuban exiles failed to overthrow Fidel Castro after landing in the Bay of Pigs on the south coast of Cuba.
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16 Feb 1959
Fidel Castro was sworn in as Prime Minister of Cuba.
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1 Jan 1959
Fidel Castro's revolutionary forces overthrew the Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista.
