| | | MDN at 130: 1959 saw new states join U.S., Castro take control of Cuba |  | Advertisements: |
|  12/31/09 In 1959, the U.S. became two states larger, when Alaska achieved statehood Jan. 3, and Hawaii joined the union Aug. 21. Cuban revolutionary Fidel Castro marched into Havana on Jan. 1, ousting Fulgencio Batista, who had run the country since 1952, enriching himself and his cronies as he did so. READ FULL SOURCE |
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Other news06/13/11 The leader of a Minnesota state employee union is taking a Republican state lawmaker to task for an email to a constituent in which he compares union politics to Fidel Castro and Adolf Hitler.
06/29/11 CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela called off a regional summit due to Hugo Chavez's unexpectedly longer recovery from surgery in Cuba, hours after releasing video on Wednesday of the socialist leader chatting with Fidel Castro.
07/05/11 For 10 days in June, 12 missionaries from the Wesley United Methodist Church of Macomb ventured on a work trip to Cuba. The group left St. Louis, Mo., with a connecting flight in Miami, Fla. and landed in Havana. According to team leader, Rodney Fink, when Fidel Castro came into power, there were 105 Methodist churches in Cuba - today there are over 300. Many of them are home churches, not just ... Hot themes this week:
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