Feb 16: Today in History Feature

After defeating the forces of President Fulgencio Batista, Fidel Castro became premier of Cuba this day in history, Feb 16, 1959, and transformed the island country into the Western Hemisphere’s first communist state. The United States attempted to assassinate Castro hundreds of times, as well as trying to overthrow him in 1961 at the Bay of Pigs invasion which led to the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962.

Critics call Castro a dictator whose administration oversaw human rights abuses, the exodus of many Cubans, and the impoverishment of Cuba’s economy.

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Feb 16 History — Feb 16 Today in History

Author: Lynnwood Times Staff

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