DeathNovember 252016
Fidel Castro
Fidel Castro, Communist leader of Cuba, and revolutionary (born 1926)
10th anniversary in 2026
In context
- When
- Friday, November 25 201610 years ago
- Category
- DeathA notable person who died on this day.
- Era
- 21st century · 2010s
- Anniversary
- 10th in 2026
- Recorded from
- Wikipedia “On this day” feed
- Person
- Fidel Castro
Who they were
Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz was a Cuban communist revolutionary and politician who was the leader of Cuba from 1959 to 2011. He served as prime minister from 1959 to 1976, president from 1976 to 2008, and first secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba from 1965 until 2011. Ideologically a Marxist–Leninist and Cuban nationalist, under his administration Cuba became a one-party communist state; industry and business were nationalized, and socialist reforms were implemented throughout society.
Why this date
Fidel Castro appears on our November 25 calendar for 2016 as a death entry.
November 25 through the years
Other entries on the same calendar day, in order.
- 1985Soviet Air Forces
- 1986Iran–Contra affair
- 1986King Fahd Causeway
- 1987Typhoon Nina (1987)
- 1992Federal Assembly (Czechoslovakia)
- 1999Elián González
- 20002000 Baku earthquake
- 2008Cyclone Nisha (2008)
- 20092009 Jeddah floods
- 2013One Direction
- 2016Fidel Castro
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