Havana: Timeline

1515   Conquistador Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar founded Havana, Cuba Cuba

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1519   Havana moved from the Southern to Northern part of Cuba Cuba

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1762   Great Britain Great Britain

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 Seizes Havana and makes it an Open Port

1911   The destroyer ''USS Terry'' makes the first airplane Fixed-wing aircraft

A fixed-wing aircraft is a heavier-than-air craft where movement of the wings in relation to the aircra... 

 rescue at sea saving the life of James McCurdy 10 miles from Havana, Cuba Cuba

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1946   Havana Conference begins between US organized crime Organized crime

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 bosses in Havana, Cuba Cuba

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1958   Castro Fidel Castro

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's revolutionary army begins its attacks on Havana

1959   Castro's troops approach Havana.

1959   In Cuba Cuba

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 rebel troops lead by Che Guevara Che Guevara

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 and Camilo Cienfuegos enter Havana.

1962   A group of armed Cuban refugees fire at a hotel in Havana from a speedboat.