7. 1952 March Former president Batista seizes power. 1953 July 26 Attacck on the Moncada barracks in Santiago de Cuba. October 16 Fidel Castro makes "History Will Absolve Me". 1954 November Batista dissolves parliament and is elected constitutional president. 1955 May Fidel released from. 1956 November 25 Fidel Castro sets sail on the yacht Granma. December 2 Granma lands in Oriente Province. 1957 January 17 , Castro's guerrillas score their first success. March 13 , Unsuccessful attack on the Presidential Palace in Havana. May 28 1957, Castro's 26th July movement in El Uvero. July 30 Cuban revolutionary Frank País is killed. When?
8. 1958 March 13 U.S. suspends shipments of arms to Batista's forces. March 17 Castro calls for a general revolt. April 9 A general strike is partially observed. May Batista sends an army of 10,000 into the Sierra Maestra November 1 A Cubana aircraft is hijacked by militants but crashes. December Guevara directs a rebel attack on Santa Clara December 28 Guevara's guerrilla troops seize Santa Clara. December 31 Camilo Cienfuegos leads revolutionary guerrillas to victory in Yaguajay. 1959 January 1 President Batista resigns and flees the country. Fidel Castro's column appears. January 5 Manuel Urrutia named President of Cuba January 8 Fidel Castro speaks to crowds at Camp Columbia. February 16 Fidel Castro becomes Premier of Cuba. When?
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