On this day

On this day was born


Ángel Menéndez

He is a baritone and soloist of the National Lyric Theater of Cuba, of which he is a founder

Descemer Bueno

Composer, musician and producer are just three of the multiple musical abilities of Descemer Bueno, one of the most popular and virtuoso Cuban artists, exponent of an urban sound with strong vibration. He ...

María Elena de Cárdenas González

Manana, marquesa de Campo Florido

María Elena de Cárdenas y González, born in La Habana in 1919, is a simple and optimistic woman who enjoys feeding the fish in the pond and the birds that arrive at the Andalusian garden that her son ...

On this day died


Antonio Hernández Pérez

He was born in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, but we consider him a native of Villa Clara and Cuban because when he was only one year old his family traveled to Cuba and settled in Yaguajay

Armando Fernández Soler

Cholito

===BODY=== For many Cubans the name Armando Fernández Soler does not achieve identification with its bearer

Bonifacio Byrne Puñales

===BODY=== Cuban poet, born in Matanzas

Emilio Sabourín del Villar

===BODY=== Paradigm of the Cuban baseball player of the 19th century, who combined his passion for sport with his commitment to the independence cause

Israel Hernández

Born in Potrerillo, Cruces, former province of Las Villas

José Marcelino Maceo Grajales

León de Oriente

Son of Mariana Grajales and Marcos Maceo, José was born in February 1849 in Majaguabo, San Luis, Oriente, four years after his brother Antonio

Hilda Alonso Llevada

Sister Hilda Alonso, a devout Cuban nun who founded the community of the Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul in Miami, dedicated to caring for the poor, who before living in exile was director ...