1,400 Cuban exiles failed to overthrow Fidel Castro after landing in the Bay of Pigs on the south coast of Cuba.
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Fidel Castro banned elections and declared Cuba to be a socialist nation.
Fidel Castro stepped down as President of Cuba after keeping the position for thirty-two years.
Fidel Castro was sworn in as Prime Minister of Cuba.
Fidel Castro's revolutionary forces overthrew the Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista.
Fidel Castro steps down as Cuba's president.
