{"slug": "fidel-castro", "label": "Fidel Castro", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fidel_Castro", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11256", "qid": "Q11256", "description": "Cuban politician, author and revolutionary (1926–2016)", "entries": 20, "years": 13, "span": [1926, 2016], "span_label": ["1926 CE", "2016 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 6}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 3}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 2}, {"title": "Technology & Infrastructure", "count": 2}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 2}, {"title": "Science & Discovery", "count": 2}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Disasters & Accidents", "count": 1}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": [], "related": [{"slug": "cuba", "label": "Cuba", "shared": 8}, {"slug": "havana", "label": "Havana", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "soviet-union", "label": "Soviet Union", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "cold-war", "label": "Cold War", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "pope-john-paul-ii", "label": "Pope John Paul II", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "venezuela", "label": "Venezuela", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "dominican-republic", "label": "Dominican Republic", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "che-guevara", "label": "Che Guevara", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "pope-john-xxiii", "label": "Pope John XXIII", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1926, "year_label": "1926 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "August 13", "text": "August 13 – Fidel Castro, Cuban revolutionary and politician (d. 2016)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373503199#August", "title": "1926", "revid": 1373503199, "section": "Births › August"}}, {"year": 1953, "year_label": "1953 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "July 26", "text": "July 26 – Fidel Castro and his brother lead a disastrous assault on the Moncada Barracks, preliminary to the Cuban Revolution.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371310369#July", "title": "1953", "revid": 1371310369, "section": "Events › July"}}, {"year": 1956, "year_label": "1956 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "November 25", "text": "November 25 – Fidel Castro and Che Guevara depart from Tuxpan, Veracruz, Mexico, en route to Santiago de Cuba aboard the yacht Granma, with 82 men.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370022627#November", "title": "1956", "revid": 1370022627, "section": "Events › November"}}, {"year": 1958, "year_label": "1958 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "February 24", "text": "February 24 – In Cuba, Fidel Castro's Radio Rebelde begins broadcasting from Sierra Maestra.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371827125#February", "title": "1958", "revid": 1371827125, "section": "Events › February"}}, {"year": 1958, "year_label": "1958 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "April 3", "text": "April 3 – In Cuba, Castro's revolutionary army begins its attacks on Havana.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371827125#April", "title": "1958", "revid": 1371827125, "section": "Events › April"}}, {"year": 1959, "year_label": "1959 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "January 1", "text": "January 1 – Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when the forces of Fidel Castro advance.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370221732#January", "title": "1959", "revid": 1370221732, "section": "Events › January"}}, {"year": 1959, "year_label": "1959 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "January 7", "text": "January 7 – The United States recognizes the new Cuban government of Fidel Castro.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370221732#January", "title": "1959", "revid": 1370221732, "section": "Events › January"}}, {"year": 1959, "year_label": "1959 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "January 7", "text": "January 7 - Cuba's new government announced the first executions of former officials of Fulgencio Batista. 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