Marriage
Time: Monday Jan 26, 1959
Place: Cuba
Details: Castro married Vilma Espín, a former Massachusetts Institute of Technology chemical engineering student and the daughter of a wealthy lawyer for the Bacardi rum company, on 26 January 1959.
‹ Earlier in historyNew York Military Academy1959 Later in history ›Significant SpeechesTuesday Jan 27, 1959
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Bay of Pigs Invasion-The CIA Fail
Monday Oct 31, 1960 - Cuba
Bay of Pigs Invasion-Castro had arrived at the Central Australia sugar mill
Sunday Apr 16, 1961 at 04:00:00 PM - Australia, Cuba
Bay of Pigs Invasion-Cuban Troops and Militia Took Playa Larga
Tuesday Apr 18, 1961 at 10:30:00 PM - Playa Larga, Cuba
Bay of Pigs Invasion-The Cuban Army open Fire
Sunday Apr 16, 1961 at 08:00:00 PM - Playa Larga, Cuba
Bay of Pigs Invasion-Retreating
Monday Apr 17, 1961 at 05:00:00 AM - Playa Larga, Cuba
Bay of Pigs Invasion-The Cuban Army infantrymen and militiamen started an offensive
Tuesday Apr 18, 1961 at 01:00:00 AM - Playa Larga, Cuba
Bay of Pigs Invasion-Airdrops From four C-54s and 2 C-46s had Failled
Monday Apr 17, 1961 - Playa Larga, Cuba
Bay of Pigs Invasion-Losing Houston
Sunday Apr 16, 1961 at 06:50:00 AM - Playa Larga, Cuba
Bay of Pigs Invasion-The Start of an economic embargo
Thursday Oct 13, 1960 - 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
Fidel Castro-Castro forced the Brigade to Surrender
Thursday Apr 20, 1961 - The Bay of Pigs, 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
Bay of Pigs Invasion-Evacuating retreating Brigade Soldiers From Beaches
Wednesday Apr 19, 1961 - Bay of Pigs, Cuba
Che Guevara-Bay of Pigs
Monday Apr 17, 1961 - Cuba
On This Day - 26 January
Ottoman Empire-Treaty of Karlowitz
Monday Jan 26, 1699 - Karlowitz, Military Frontier, Habsburg Monarchy
Library of Congress-librarian and Joint Committee
Tuesday Jan 26, 1802 - Washington D.C., U.S.
1905 Russian Revolution-130 protesters were killed
Thursday Jan 26, 1905 - Riga, Lativa
Akio Morita-Born
Wednesday Jan 26, 1921 - Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
Chinese Civil War-Joint statement by Sun and Soviet representative Adolph Joffe in Shanghai pledged Soviet assistance to China's unification
Friday Jan 26, 1923 - China
Hirohito-Marriage
Saturday Jan 26, 1924 - Tokyo, Japan
Spanish Civil War-Barcelona fell
Wednesday Jan 26, 1938 - Barcelona, Spain
Frank Sinatra-1st Appearance with The New Band
Friday Jan 26, 1940 - The Coronado Theatre in Rockford, Illinois, U.S.
Ronald Reagan-Marriage
Friday Jan 26, 1940 - Glendale, California, U.S.
Neil Armstrong-Armstrong's Call-Up From the Navy arrived
Wednesday Jan 26, 1949 - Naval Air Station Pensacola, Pensacola, Florida, U.S.
First Indochina War-USS Windham Bay delivered Grumman F8F Bearcat fighter aircraft to Saigon
Friday Jan 26, 1951 - Saigon, South Vietnam
Algerian War-Female FLN operatives again planted bombs
Saturday Jan 26, 1957 - Algeria
Lucky Luciano-Death
Friday Jan 26, 1962 - Naples, Italy
Jimmy Carter-First choice of only four percent of Democratic voters
Monday Jan 26, 1976 - U.S.
Bosnian War-The ARBiH seized control of several villages in the area
Tuesday Jan 26, 1993 - Bosnia and Herzegovina
Impeachment of Bill Clinton-Private Session
Tuesday Jan 26, 1999 - Senate, Washington D.C., U.S.
Second Chechen War-Russian government announced that 1,173 servicemen had been killed in Chechnya
Wednesday Jan 26, 2000 - Chechnya, Russia
New York Stock Exchange-"Sleep Now in the Fire"
Wednesday Jan 26, 2000 - New York City, New York, U.S.
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Friday Jan 26, 2001 - India
Christmas Island-The Christmas Island Flag Became Official
Saturday Jan 26, 2002 - Christmas Island
The Beatles-McCartney and Starr performed together
Sunday Jan 26, 2014 - Staples Center, Los Angeles, USA
Google LLC-Google announced It Had agreed to acquire DeepMind Technologies
Sunday Jan 26, 2014 - London, England
Adidas-Releasing The Latest Adidas EQT Line
Thursday Jan 26, 2017 - Herzogenaurach, Germany
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Sunday Jan 26, 2020 - Shantou, Guangdong, China
Kobe Bryant-Sikorsky S-76 helicopter
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Kobe Bryant-The Helicopter Crash Death
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Tuesday Jan 26, 2021 - Milan, Italy
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Friday Jan 26, 1748 - Britain
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Friday Jan 26, 1748 - Poland
January 1959
The Beatles-Lennon at the Liverpool College of Art
Jan, 1959 - Liverpool, England
Raúl Castro-President Fulgencio Batista fled Cuba
Thursday Jan 1, 1959 - Cuba
Che Guevara-Batista to Dominican Rep.
Thursday Jan 1, 1959 at 03:00:00 AM - Cuba
Che Guevara-Control the Capital
Friday Jan 2, 1959 - Havana, Cuba
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
Che Guevara-Significant Speeches
Tuesday Jan 27, 1959 - Cuba
1959
Sepp Blatter-Education
1959 - Lausanne, Switzerland
Harald V-Graduation From The Norwegian Military Academy
1959 - Oslo, Norway
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.
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
Che Guevara-A three-month tour
Friday Jun 12, 1959 - Cuba
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-The Rwandan Revolution
Nov, 1959 - Rwanda
Rwandan genocide-A Hutu sub-chief, was attacked close to his home
Sunday Nov 1, 1959 - Byimana, 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