On this day, 10 March 1952, Fulgencio Batista led a coup in Cuba and appointed himself President. Backed by the US, business and the wealthy elite, his government killed thousands in anti-Communist purges. He was eventually overthrown by the revolution in 1959. https://ift.tt/2Hcyiyi
On this day, 26 March 1978, 4 days before opening of Japan’s Narita International Airport, protestors angry about the construction of the airport destroyed the control tower with molotov cocktails. It delayed the opening by nearly 2 months.
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On this day, 26 March 1953 Mau Mau guerrillas fighting British colonialism in Kenya attacked the Naivasha police station. They inflicted a humiliating defeat on the police and released 173 prisoners, many of them Mau Mau, from an adjoining detention camp. While the uprising was eventually crushed by mass repression and murder by British forces, independence was achieved just a few years later. This is a short video history of the rebellion: https://ift.tt/2JJ12k3 https://ift.tt/2UeGZ0X
