Castro's Release
Time: Sunday May 15, 1955
Place: Isla de la Juventud, Cuba
Details: In 1954, Batista's government held presidential elections, but no politician standing against him; the election was widely considered fraudulent. It had allowed some political opposition to be voiced, and Castro's supporters had agitated for an amnesty for the Moncada incident's perpetrators. Some politicians suggested an amnesty would be good publicity, and the Congress and Batista agreed. Backed by the US and major corporations, Batista believed Castro to be no threat, and on 15 May 1955, the prisoners were released.
‹ Earlier in historyThe Warsaw PactSaturday May 14, 1955 Later in history ›Daily Express published an editorial demanding that Buckingham Palace confirm or deny the rumorsSaturday May 21, 1955
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Friday Oct 16, 1953 - Isla de la Juventud, Cuba
Bay of Pigs Invasion-Attacking The Cuban Navy Patrol Escort ship El Baire
Sunday Apr 16, 1961 at 07:00:00 AM - Nueva Gerona, Cuba
On This Day - 15 May
Unification of Italy-Battle of Calatafimi
Tuesday May 15, 1860 - Calatafimi-Segesta, Trapani, Italy
Eiffel Tower-Start of construction on the second stage
Tuesday May 15, 1888 - Paris, France
1905 Russian Revolution-Svirskii tells the strikers they can negotiate only about each factory in turn, but they can hold elections wherever
Monday May 15, 1905 - Russian Empire
World War 1-Removed Commander
Tuesday May 15, 1917 - France
Red Summer-Vicksburg riots
Thursday May 15, 1919 - Vicksburg, Mississippi, U.S.
Charles de Gaulle-De Gaulle was given command of the 4th Armoured Division
Wednesday May 15, 1940 - France
Charles de Gaulle-The Germans broke through at Sedan
Wednesday May 15, 1940 - France
World War II-Operation Brevity
Thursday May 15, 1941 - Egyptian and Libyan border
Second Sino-Japanese War-The Zhejiang-Jiangxi campaign
Friday May 15, 1942 - Zhejiang, China - Jiangxi, China
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Friday May 15, 1942 - Zhejiang, Jiangxi, China
Ted Bundy-Bundy's Washington State DES coworkers visited him in Salt Lake City
Thursday May 15, 1975 - Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.
1989 Tiananmen Square protests-1989 Sino-Soviet Summit
Monday May 15, 1989 - Beijing, China
Croatian War of Independence-Blocked appointment
Wednesday May 15, 1991 - Yugoslavia
Bosnian War-A JNA column was ambushed in Tuzla
Friday May 15, 1992 - Tuzla, Bosna and Herzegovina
Bosnian War-The Vance-Owen peace plan was rejected
Saturday May 15, 1993 - Bosnia and Herzegovina
Kosovo War-the only meeting between Milošević and Ibrahim Rugova happened on 15 May in Belgrade
Friday May 15, 1998 - Belgrade, Serbia
Michael Ballack-Losing the 2002 UEFA Champions League Final
Wednesday May 15, 2002 - Hampden Park, Glasgow, UK
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Sunday May 15, 2005 - New York, U.S.
Michael Ballack-Moving to Chelsea
Monday May 15, 2006 - London, England
Angelina Jolie-Kung Fu Panda
Thursday May 15, 2008 - United States
Eminem-Relapse
Friday May 15, 2009 - U.S.
Michael Ballack-The 2010 FA Cup Final
Saturday May 15, 2010 - Wembley Stadium, London, UK
Emmanuel Macron-Deputy Secretary General of the Élysée
Tuesday May 15, 2012 - France
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Wednesday May 15, 2013 - U.S.
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Thursday May 15, 2014 - Washington D.C., U.S.
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May 1955
NATO Establishment-West Germany Joined NATO
May, 1955 - Bonn, Germany
NATO Establishment-The Creation of The Soviet-dominated Warsaw Pact
Saturday May 14, 1955 - Warsaw, Poland
Hungarian Revolution of 1956-The Warsaw Pact
Saturday May 14, 1955 - Warsaw, Poland
Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon-Daily Express published an editorial demanding that Buckingham Palace confirm or deny the rumors
Saturday May 21, 1955 - London, England, United Kingdom
Kroger-Kroger entered the Houston
May, 1955 - Houston, Texas, United States
1955
Vietnam War-Cambodia is neutral
1955 - Cambodia
Juan Carlos I-Joining The Army
1955 - Military Academy, Zaragoza, Spain.
Margaret Thatcher-The Orpington by-election
Jan, 1955 - England
Algerian War-The Soustelle Plan
Jan, 1955 - Algeria
Neil Armstrong-College Graduation
Jan, 1955 - Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, U.S.
Fidel Castro-Divorce
1955 - Cuba
Carlos Slim-Shareholder in Mexico's Largest Bank
1955 - Mexico City, Mexico
World Trade Organization-Geneva Round: 1955–56
Jan, 1955 - Geneva, Switzerland
Rosa Parks-Attending the Highlander Folk School
1955 - Monteagle, Tennessee, U.S.
Pam Foreman Testroet-Birth
1955 - U.S.
Marilyn Monroe-Marilyn Monroe Productions Announcement
Friday Jan 7, 1955 - U.S.
Dwight D. Eisenhower-Eisenhower requested and secured from Congress their "Free China Resolution"
Jan, 1955 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Dwight D. Eisenhower-Operation Teapot
1955 - U.S.
Edward VIII-Edward visited President Dwight D. Eisenhower
1955 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon-Margaret made the first of many trips to the Caribbean
Jan, 1955 - The Caribbean
Computer-The First Completely Transistorized Computer
Feb, 1955 - Harwell, Didcot, England
Dwight D. Eisenhower-Eisenhower dispatched the first American soldiers to Vietnam as military advisors to Diem's army
Feb, 1955 - Then South Vietnam
Mamie Till-Emmett traveled to Mississippi
1955 - Chicago, Illinois, United States
Audrey Hepburn-Hepburn received the Golden Globe for World Film Favorite that year
Thursday Feb 24, 1955 - Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Algerian War-Rabah Bitat was arrested by the French
Mar, 1955 - Algeria
Neil Armstrong-Armstrong made his First Test Flight
Tuesday Mar 1, 1955 - Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
Martin Luther King-Claudette Colvin
Wednesday Mar 2, 1955 - southern United States, Dixie, Dixieland, U.S.
World Bank-Economic Development Institute
Friday Mar 11, 1955 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Jair Bolsonaro-Birth
Monday Mar 21, 1955 - Glicério, São Paulo, Brazil
Brexit-Messina Conference
1955 - Messina, Sicily, Italy
Vietnam War-Diệm eliminated any political opposition in the south
Apr, 1955 - South Vietnam
Hungarian Revolution of 1956-Rákosi Removed Nagy From Office
Apr, 1955 - Hungary
Winston Churchill-Churchill retired as Prime Minister
Tuesday Apr 5, 1955 - England, United Kingdom
James Bond-Moonraker was published
Tuesday Apr 5, 1955 - United Kingdom
W. E. B. Du Bois-U.S. government prevented Du Bois from attending the 1955 Bandung Conference
Monday Apr 18, 1955 - Bandung, Indonesia
Albert Einstein-Death
Monday Apr 18, 1955 - New Jersey, United States
NATO Establishment-West Germany Joined NATO
May, 1955 - Bonn, Germany
NATO Establishment-The Creation of The Soviet-dominated Warsaw Pact
Saturday May 14, 1955 - Warsaw, Poland
Hungarian Revolution of 1956-The Warsaw Pact
Saturday May 14, 1955 - Warsaw, Poland
Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon-Daily Express published an editorial demanding that Buckingham Palace confirm or deny the rumors
Saturday May 21, 1955 - London, England, United Kingdom
Kroger-Kroger entered the Houston
May, 1955 - Houston, Texas, United States
Mikhail Gorbachev-Graduation
Jun, 1955 - Moscow, Russia
Bay of Pigs Invasion-26th of July Movement
Sunday Jun 12, 1955 - Cuba
Martin Luther King-Doctoral Studies
Sunday Jun 19, 1955 - Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Laser-Prokhorov and Basov suggested optical pumping of a multi-level system as a method for obtaining the population inversion
1955 - U.S.S.R.
Atomic Bomb-The Russell–Einstein Manifesto
Saturday Jul 9, 1955 - London, England
Neil Armstrong-Neil reported for work at High-Speed Flight Station
Monday Jul 11, 1955 - Edwards Air Force Base, California, U.S.
Walt Disney-The Opening of Disneyland
Sunday Jul 17, 1955 - Disneyland Resort, 1313 Disneyland Dr, Anaheim, California, U.S.
Dwight D. Eisenhower-Open Skies
Monday Jul 18, 1955 - Geneva, Switzerland
Kroger-Kroger purchased Child's Food Stores
Jul, 1955 - Jacksonville, Texas, United States
KFC-Traveling the U.S.
1955 - U.S.
Mikhail Gorbachev-Stavropol Komsomol
Aug, 1955 - Stavropol Krai, Russia
KFC-First in Canada
1955 - Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon-Margaret wrote to Prime Minister Anthony Eden
Aug, 1955 - England, United Kingdom
First Sudanese Civil War-Members of The British-administered Sudan Defence Force Equatorial Corps Mutinied
Thursday Aug 18, 1955 - Torit, South Sudan
Algerian War-The massacre of Pieds-Noirs
Saturday Aug 20, 1955 - Skikda, Algeria
Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon-Margaret was free to marry
Sunday Aug 21, 1955 - Scotland, United Kingdom
Mamie Till-Emmett was killed
1955 - Chicago, Illinois, United States
Gary Webb-Webb birth
Wednesday Aug 31, 1955 - Corona, California, U.S.
Dwight D. Eisenhower-Eisenhower was recovering from a heart attack late in September 1955
Sep, 1955 - U.S.
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Saturday Sep 24, 1955 - White House, Washington D.C., U.S.
Dwight D. Eisenhower-Serious heart attack
Saturday Sep 24, 1955 - Colorado, U.S.
Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon-More than 100 journalists waited at Balmoral when Eden arrived to discuss the marriage with the Queen and Margaret
Saturday Oct 1, 1955 - Scotland, United Kingdom
Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon-Townsend returned from Brussels
Wednesday Oct 12, 1955 - England, United Kingdom
Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon-Margaret may have told Townsend that governmental and familial opposition to their marriage had not changed
Wednesday Oct 12, 1955 - England, United Kingdom
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Saturday Oct 15, 1955 - London, England, United Kingdom
Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon-Leslie Hutchinson had a "brief liaison" with Margaret
1955 - England, United Kingdom
Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon-NO RING YET!
Monday Oct 17, 1955 - England, United Kingdom
Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon-First time the palace discussed the princess's recent personal life
Oct, 1955 - London, England, United Kingdom
Vietnam War-Referendum on the future of the State of Vietnam
Sunday Oct 23, 1955 - Vietnam
Kroger-Kroger began acquiring supermarket chains
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Kroger-Kroger acquired the Krambo Food Stores
Oct, 1955 - Appleton, Wisconsin, United States
Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon-The QUEEN's sister married to a divorced man (even though the innocent party) would be irrevocably disqualified from playing her part in the essential royal function
Wednesday Oct 26, 1955 - London, England, United Kingdom
Bill Gates-Birth
Friday Oct 28, 1955 - Seattle, Washington, U.S.
Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon-Margaret would announce that she would marry Townsend and leave the line of succession
Friday Oct 28, 1955 - England, United Kingdom
Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon-Daily Mirror on 28 October discussed The Times's editorial with the headline "THIS CRUEL PLAN MUST BE EXPOSED"
Friday Oct 28, 1955 - England, United Kingdom
Dwight D. Eisenhower-RDS-37
Nov, 1955 - Semipalatinsk Test Site, U.S.S.R. (Present-Day in Kazakhstan)
Rosa Parks-Rosa Parks attended a mass meeting at Dexter Avenue Baptist Church
Sunday Nov 27, 1955 - Montgomery, Alabama, U.S.
Martin Luther King-Rosa Parks
Thursday Dec 1, 1955 - Montgomery, Alabama, U.S.
Rosa Parks-Parks was Arrested
Thursday Dec 1, 1955 - Montgomery, Alabama, U.S.
Rosa Parks-The 2nd bus Incident
Thursday Dec 1, 1955 at 06:00:00 PM - Montgomery, Alabama, U.S.
Rosa Parks-The Montgomery Bus boycott
Sunday Dec 4, 1955 - Montgomery, Alabama, U.S.
Rosa Parks-Parks was tried on charges of disorderly conduct and violating a local ordinance
Monday Dec 5, 1955 - Montgomery, Alabama, U.S.
Rosa Parks-Discussing The boycott Strategies
Monday Dec 5, 1955 - Montgomery, Alabama, U.S.
Rosa Parks-Discussing actions to respond to Parks' arrest
Monday Dec 5, 1955 - Montgomery, Alabama, U.S.
Francisco Franco-Admitted to the United Nations
Wednesday Dec 14, 1955 - Spain
Russell Bufalino-Frank Sheeran
1955 - U.S.
Nintendo-Hiroshi Yamauchi
1955 - Kyoto, Japan