Cuba History Timeline 1955 (Text version)

based on Manuel Márquez-Sterling's Cuba 1952-1959 and
Cuba 1952-1959 Interactive Timeline




24 Feb 1955	Batista begins second Presidential term
6 May 1955	Castro pardoned under General Amnesty law
15 May 1955	Castro released from prison
3 Jun 1955	SAR Manifesto
24 Jun 1955	Raúl Castro flees to Mexico
7 Jul 1955	Fidel Castro leaves for Mexico
11 Aug 1955	Carlos Prío returns to Cuba
19 Nov 1955	SAR Muelle de Luz Rally
20 Nov 1955	Castro holds anti-SAR Rally