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CHRONOLOGY OF ERNESTO CHE GUEVARA
▪ June 14th, 1928: Born in Rosario, Argentina. Son of Ernesto Guevara Lynch and Celia de la Serna.
▪ May 2nd, 1930: Before the age of 2, Che suffers his first asthma attack.
▪ 1933: The Guevara family moves to Alta Gracias in the province of Cordoba due to their son's asthma. In 1942, he begins his studies in the Dean Funes National School in Cordoba some 45 kilometres from Alta Gracia.
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▪ In 1946, the family moves to Buenos Aires in an apartment belonging to his paternal grandmother, Ana Isabel. When she falls sick, Ernesto Guevara cares for her for 17 days and after her death, Che announces he would study medicine.
▪1947: Enrols in medicine at the University of Buenos Aires.
▪ October 1950: First trip throughout Latin America.
▪ December 29th, 1951: on a motorcycle with his friend Alberto Granado to tour South America. |
▪ August 1952: Returns to Buenos Aires. He graduates as a doctor.
▪ July 7th, 1953: another trip throughout South and Central America accompanied by Carlos "Calica" Ferrer.
▪ January 3rd, 1954: Meets Cuban Ñico Lopez in Guatemala, whom nicknamed Ernesto, Che.
▪ September 1954: The democratic government of Jacobo Arbenz in Guatemala falls and Guevara travels to Mexico.
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▪ July 1955: He meets Fidel Castro and decides to join the struggle against the Batista dictatorship.
▪ August 18th, 1955: He marries Hilda Gadea Acosta, a Peruvian economist in Tepotzotlan, Mexico
▪ February 15th, 1956, Hildita is born. Her godfather is Raul Castro.
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▪ June 1956: A betrayal informs the Mexican police of the preparations of the Cubans and some 30 of them were detained. He spends time in jail.
▪ November 25th, 1956: Travels on board the Granma yacht with another 81 men headed
by Fidel Castro.
▪ December 2nd, 1956: Landed in Cuba and began the rebel struggle.
▪ July 21st, 1957: He becomes a Commander of the Rebel Army.
▪ February 24th, 1958: The first broadcast was launched on Radio Rebelde, created by Che.
▪ December 28th, 1958: The Ciro Redondo Column 8, under the leadership of Che arrived in the city of Santa Clara from the Sierra Maestra Mountains.
▪ December 29-31, 1958: Che leads the Battle of Santa Clara which was a hardest blow against Batista.
▪ January 3rd, 1959: Che enters Havana and sets up headquarters in La Cabaña.
▪ February 9th, 1959: Che is declared a Cuban citizen.
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▪ June 9th, 1959: He marries Aleida March, member of the July 26th Movement in Santa Clara.
▪ November 26th, 1959: Is named President of the Cuban National Bank.
▪ November 24th, 1960: Aleida Guevara is born. February 23rd, 1961: Che is named Industry Minister.
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▪ March 20th, 1962: His son Camilo is born.
▪ August 4th: Che heads a Cuban delegation to the Conference of the Americas in Punta del Este, Uruguay.
▪ October-November of 1962: He heads the military command in Pinar del Rio during the October Missile Crisis.
▪ June 14th, 1963: His daughter Celia is born. |
▪ November 5th to the 19th: Visits the Soviet Union and participates in the 47th anniversary of the October Revolution.
▪ December 11th, 1964: He speaks at the UN General Assembly.
▪ January of 1965: Travels to China, Mali, Congo, Guinea, Ghana, Benin, Tanzania, Egypt and Algeria.
▪ March 15th, 1965: Last public appearance: Talks about his trips abroad to members of the Industry Ministry.
▪ April 1st, 1965: He writes a farewell letter to his parents, sons and daughters and Fidel. Travels to the Congo in July and returns some time later.
▪ October 3rd, 1965: Fidel makes public Che?s farewell letter.
▪ November 3rd, 1966: Arrives in La Paz and on the 7th in Ñacahuazú. Begins to write his diary. |
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▪ March 5th, 1967: First combat with the Bolivian army in Lagunillas.
▪ March 25th, 1967: Creates the Bolivian National Liberation Army.
▪ March 27th, 1967: makes public Communiqué No. 1 of the organization in Camiri.
▪ October 8th, 1967: He becomes a prisoner in El Yuro.
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▪ October 9th, 1967: He is assassinated by Sergeant Mario Terán at 1.30pm in a school in the town of La Higuera.
▪ October 18th, 1967: Fidel announces his death in Havana's Revolution Square.
▪ June 12th, 1997: Che's remains and rest of his comrades in arms are identified in Valle Grande.
▪ October 17th, 1997: Official ceremony when the remains of Che Guevara and his comrades in arms were laid to rest in the Memorial that bears his name in the central city of Santa Clara.
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