A three-month tour
Time: Friday Jun 12, 1959
Place: Cuba
Details: On June 12, 1959, Castro sent Guevara out on a three-month tour of 14 mostly Bandung Pact countries (Morocco, Sudan, Egypt, Syria, Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Burma, Thailand, Indonesia, Japan, Yugoslavia, Greece) and the cities of Singapore and Hong Kong.
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Che Guevara-Cuba's Revolution
Sunday Nov 25, 1956 - Cuba
Bay of Pigs Invasion-Searching For Scattered Brigade Survivors
Saturday Apr 22, 1961 - Cuba
Raúl Castro-President Fulgencio Batista fled Cuba
Thursday Jan 1, 1959 - Cuba
Che Guevara-United States to stop selling arms to the Cuban government
Mar, 1958 - Cuba
Che Guevara-Batista to Dominican Rep.
Thursday Jan 1, 1959 at 03:00:00 AM - Cuba
Che Guevara-Radio Rebelde
Feb, 1958 - Cuba
Cuban Missile Crisis-Specialists in missiles arrived in Cuba
Jul, 1962 - Cuba
Che Guevara-To Cuba
Thursday Jul 21, 1966 - Cuba
Bay of Pigs Invasion-The Final air attack mission
Wednesday Apr 19, 1961 - Cuba
Bay of Pigs Invasion-The Cuban government began an offensive to take San Blas
Monday Apr 17, 1961 at 11:00:00 AM - San Blas, Cuba
Bay of Pigs Invasion-The Tank battle
Tuesday Apr 18, 1961 at 10:00:00 AM - San Blas, Cuba
Bay of Pigs Invasion-The 3rd Battalion surprise attack
Tuesday Apr 18, 1961 at 11:00:00 PM - San Blas, Cuba
Bay of Pigs Invasion-26th of July Movement
Sunday Jun 12, 1955 - Cuba
Bay of Pigs Invasion-Delivering arms and equipment to the Girón airstrip
Tuesday Apr 18, 1961 - Girón, Cuba
Bay of Pigs Invasion-Rio Escondido was blew up and sank
Sunday Apr 16, 1961 at 09:30:00 AM - Playa Giron, Cuba
Bay of Pigs Invasion-The Principal Landing
Monday Apr 17, 1961 at 01:00:00 AM - Playa Giron, Cuba
Bay of Pigs Invasion-Landing at Blue Beach
Monday Apr 17, 1961 at 07:30:00 AM - Playa Giron, Cuba
Bay of Pigs Invasion-The messenger from Red Beach
Sunday Apr 16, 1961 at 10:00:00 AM - Playa Giron, Cuba
Bay of Pigs Invasion-Slaughter of the Lost Battalion
Sunday Apr 16, 1961 at 02:30:00 PM - Cuba
Bay of Pigs Invasion-Attacking a Cuban column of 12 private buses
Tuesday Apr 18, 1961 at 05:00:00 PM - Punta Perdiz, Cuba
John F. Kennedy-Bay of Pigs
Monday Apr 17, 1961 - Cuba
Fidel Castro-The Bay of Pigs Invasion
Monday Apr 17, 1961 - The Bay of Pigs, Cuba
Fidel Castro-Castro forced the Brigade to Surrender
Thursday Apr 20, 1961 - The Bay of Pigs, Cuba
Bay of Pigs Invasion-Evacuating retreating Brigade Soldiers From Beaches
Wednesday Apr 19, 1961 - Bay of Pigs, Cuba
Bay of Pigs Invasion-Entering the Bay of Pigs
Monday Apr 17, 1961 at 12:00:00 AM - Bay of Pigs, Cuba
Bay of Pigs Invasion-FAR Sea Fury crashed
Sunday Apr 16, 1961 at 08:30:00 AM - Bay of Pigs, Cuba
On This Day - 12 June
Marie Curie-Graduating From a Gymnasium For Girls
Tuesday Jun 12, 1883 - Congress Poland, Russian Empire (Now Poland)
Audrey Hepburn-Mother Ella
Tuesday Jun 12, 1900 - Velp, Gelderland, Netherlands
1905 Russian Revolution-All prisoners are released
Monday Jun 12, 1905 - Moscow, Russian Empire
Denmark expedition-Team continued traveling inland
Wednesday Jun 12, 1907 - Greenland
Denmark expedition-The team explored Brønlunds Fjord
Wednesday Jun 12, 1907 - Greenland
Armenian Genocide-Massacre of Phocaea
Friday Jun 12, 1914 - Phocaea, Turkey (then Ottoman Empire)
Mao Zedong-The Third Congress of the Communist Party
Tuesday Jun 12, 1923 - Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
Spanish Civil War-Prime Minister Casares Quiroga met General Juan Yagüe
Friday Jun 12, 1936 - Spain
Winston Churchill-Churchill made his first visit to Normandy
Monday Jun 12, 1944 - Normandy, France
Alan Turing-Turing's Remains Were Cremated
Saturday Jun 12, 1954 - England
Bay of Pigs Invasion-26th of July Movement
Sunday Jun 12, 1955 - Cuba
Cypriot intercommunal violence-The crisis reached a climax
Thursday Jun 12, 1958 - Cyprus
June 1962 Alcatraz escape attempt: Escape from Alcatraz-Discovery of the escape
Tuesday Jun 12, 1962 - Alcatraz, San Francisco, USA
Nelson Mandela-In The Court
Friday Jun 12, 1964 - South Africa
James Bond-You Only Live Twice
Monday Jun 12, 1967 - London, England, United Kingdom
Popeyes-Chicken on the Run
Monday Jun 12, 1972 - Arabi, Louisiana, U.S.
Dissolution of the Soviet Union-Struggle emerged between the RSFSR and the Soviet Union
Tuesday Jun 12, 1990 - Russia
Dissolution of the Soviet Union-Russia's President Boris Yeltsin
Wednesday Jun 12, 1991 - Russia
Neil Armstrong-2nd Marriage
Sunday Jun 12, 1994 - Ohio, U.S.
Nokia-Nokia sold its television business
Wednesday Jun 12, 1996 - Turku, Finland
Kosovo War-The NATO-led peacekeeping Kosovo Force (KFOR) began entering Kosovo
Saturday Jun 12, 1999 - Kosovo
Kosovo War-The First NATO troops to enter Pristina
Saturday Jun 12, 1999 - Pristina, Kosovo
Facebook, Inc.-Introducing Clickable Hashtags
Wednesday Jun 12, 2013 - Menlo Park, California, U.S.
Mass Shootings in the United States-Orlando Nightclub Shooting
Sunday Jun 12, 2016 - Orlando, Florida, U.S.
Kim Jong-un-First summit with US President Donald Trump
Tuesday Jun 12, 2018 - Singapore
Donald Trump-Trump and Kim held a summit in Singapore
Tuesday Jun 12, 2018 - Singapore
Karl Freiherr Birth
Monday Jun 12, 1775 - Halle
June 1959
Communist insurgency in Sarawak-The predominantly-Chinese Sarawak United People's Party (SUPP), the state's first political party which was founded in June 1959
Jun, 1959 - Sarawak, Malaysia
Visa Inc.-BofA was dropping cards in Los Angeles
Jun, 1959 - Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Che Guevara-Second Marriage
Tuesday Jun 2, 1959 - Tarara, Havana, Cuba
Russell Bufalino-Barbara's Death
Jun, 1959 - New York, U.S.
1959
Harald V-Graduation From The Norwegian Military Academy
1959 - Oslo, Norway
Sepp Blatter-Education
1959 - Lausanne, Switzerland
The Beatles-Lennon at the Liverpool College of Art
Jan, 1959 - Liverpool, England
Stephen Hawking-University
1959 - Oxford, England
Raúl Castro-President Fulgencio Batista fled Cuba
Thursday Jan 1, 1959 - Cuba
Brunei revolt-Establishing a Legislature
1959 - Brunei
Che Guevara-Batista to Dominican Rep.
Thursday Jan 1, 1959 at 03:00:00 AM - Cuba
Ho Chi Minh-Hồ Chí Minh Informally chose Lê Duẩn to become the Next Party Leader
1959 - Vietnam
Algerian War-General Maurice Challe appeared to have suppressed major rebel resistance
1959 - Algeria
Igor Stravinsky-The Sonning Award
1959 - Copenhagen, Denmark
John Forbes Nash Jr.: A Beautiful Mind-Lecture fail
1959 - Columbia University, New York, U.S.
Cameras-The discovery of digital Camera sensor Basis
1959 - New Jersey, U.S.
Che Guevara-Control the Capital
Friday Jan 2, 1959 - Havana, Cuba
Laser-The LASER, Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation
1959 - U.S.
John Forbes Nash Jr.: A Beautiful Mind-Diagnostic
1959 - Belmont, Massachusetts, U.S.
Che Guevara-Rally support in several large cities on his way to rolling victoriously
Thursday Jan 8, 1959 - Cuba
Fidel Castro-Castro reached Havana
Friday Jan 9, 1959 - Havana, Cuba
Charles de Gaulle-Charles De Gaulle head of state
Jan, 1959 - France and Andorra
Charles de Gaulle-De Gaulle offered Algeria's self-determination
1959 - Algeria
Donald Trump-New York Military Academy
1959 - New York, U.S.
Raúl Castro-Marriage
Monday Jan 26, 1959 - Cuba
Che Guevara-Significant Speeches
Tuesday Jan 27, 1959 - Cuba
Algerian War-De Gaulle was elected president
Feb, 1959 - France
Computer-Kilby's patent application
Friday Feb 6, 1959 - Texas, U.S.
Internet-A Patent application for time-sharing
Feb, 1959 - England, United Kingdom
Internet-MOSFET
1959 - Murray Hill, New Jersey, U.S.
Raúl Castro-The Minister of Defence
Monday Feb 16, 1959 - Havana, Cuba
Bay of Pigs Invasion-Castro took on the role of Prime Minister
Monday Feb 16, 1959 - Havana, Cuba
Fidel Castro-The Prime Minister of Cuba
Monday Feb 16, 1959 - Havana, Cuba
Visa Inc.-Drops began
Mar, 1959 - San Francisco, California, U.S.
Ho Chi Minh-Confirming a "People's War" on the South
1959 - Vietnam
Ruby Bridges-Bridges attended a segregated kindergarten
1959 - New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
James Bond-Goldfinger was published
Monday Mar 23, 1959 - London, England, United Kingdom
Mao Zedong-The Secret meeting
Wednesday Mar 25, 1959 - Shanghai, China
Laser-Gould continued developing the idea, and filed a patent application
Apr, 1959 - U.S.
Lucky Luciano-Gambino became the most powerful
Saturday Apr 4, 1959 - New York, U.S.
Fidel Castro-The First Agrarian Reform
May, 1959 - Havana, Cuba
World Trade Organization-Dillon Round: 1960–62
May, 1959 - Geneva, Switzerland
Communist insurgency in Sarawak-The predominantly-Chinese Sarawak United People's Party (SUPP), the state's first political party which was founded in June 1959
Jun, 1959 - Sarawak, Malaysia
Visa Inc.-BofA was dropping cards in Los Angeles
Jun, 1959 - Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Che Guevara-Second Marriage
Tuesday Jun 2, 1959 - Tarara, Havana, Cuba
Russell Bufalino-Barbara's Death
Jun, 1959 - New York, U.S.
Internet-UNESCO-sponsored conference on Information Processing
1959 - Paris, France
Ho Chi Minh-North Vietnam invaded Laos
Jul, 1959 - Laos
Mao Zedong-The Lushan Conference
Thursday Jul 2, 1959 - Lushan, Jiujiang, Jiangxi, China
Flag of the United States-Alaska joined the U.S. flag
Saturday Jul 4, 1959 - U.S.
Nuclear Power-USS Long Beach
Tuesday Jul 14, 1959 - U.S.
Audrey Hepburn-The Nun's Story
1959 - U.S.
Richard Nixon-The Opening of The American National Exhibition in Moscow
Friday Jul 24, 1959 - Moscow, Russia
Dwight D. Eisenhower-Eisenhower was aboard the maiden flight of Air Force One
Wednesday Aug 26, 1959 - U.S.
Dwight D. Eisenhower-Complained of dizziness and had to have his blood pressure checked
Saturday Aug 29, 1959 - England, United Kingdom
Che Guevara-Guevara's return
Sep, 1959 - Cuba
Severo Ochoa-Receiving a Nobel Prize
1959 - Stockholm, Sweden
Colombian conflict-The Investigation of Colombia's Internal Security Situation
Oct, 1959 - Colombia
Visa Inc.-The entire state had been saturated with over 2 million credit cards
Oct, 1959 - California, U.S.
Margaret Thatcher-The 1959 Election
Thursday Oct 8, 1959 - Finchley, London, England
Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon-Margaret and Antony became engaged
Oct, 1959 - England, United Kingdom
Rwandan genocide-A Hutu sub-chief, was attacked close to his home
Sunday Nov 1, 1959 - Byimana, Rwanda
Rwandan genocide-The Rwandan Revolution
Nov, 1959 - Rwanda
Shimon Peres-First elected to the Knesset
Tuesday Nov 3, 1959 - Israel
Xerox-Xerox 914
1959 - U.S.
Visa Inc.-Williams resigned
Dec, 1959 - California, U.S.
Audrey Hepburn-Green Mansions
1959 - U.S.
Vietnam War-Military Deaths until 1959
1959 - Vietnam