A People's Calendar

A People's Calendar (aPC) is an open-source project that seeks to promote the worldwide history of working class movements and liberation struggles in the form of a searchable "On This Day" style calendar.

Event of the Day
Batista Coup d'état (1952)March 10th, 1952

On this day in 1952, Fulgencio Batista led a military coup against outgoing Cuban president Carlos Prío Socarrás. With Batista's help, U.S. capital dominated the Cuban economy until he was ousted from power in 1959.