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Name: Landing of the Granma

Type: Event

Start: 1956 AD

End: 1956 AD

Parent: Cuban Revolution

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Was the landing of the Granma, a small boat carrying around 89 Cuban Revolutionaires (including the Castro brothers, Ernesto "Che" Guevara and Camilo Cienfuegos) in Playa las Coloradas, in the Cuban municipality of Niquero. It was the beginning of the Cuban Revolution.

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  • December 1956: The yacht Granma departed from Tuxpan, Veracruz, Mexico, carrying the Castro brothers and 80 others including Ernesto "Che" Guevara and Camilo Cienfuegos. On December 2nd, it landed in Playa Las Coloradas, in the municipality of Niquero.
  • December 1956: Fulgencio Batista's army attacked and killed most of the Granma participants.

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