📅 13 March 1957
Students attempted to kill Batista and spark a national uprising. The assault failed after fierce fighting in Havana.
📅 13 March 1957
José Antonio Echeverría seized the station and announced that Batista had fallen, but the broadcast was cut off before completion.
📅 13 March 1957
Police killed the student leader near the University of Havana after the palace and radio actions.
📅 30 August 1956
Fidel Castro and José Antonio Echeverría agreed to coordinate opposition to Batista while maintaining their organizations’ autonomy.
📅 13 March 1957
Women in the Revolutionary Directorate transported messages, sheltered activists and sustained clandestine work around the Havana action.
📅 13 March 1957
The radio action aimed to broadcast the fall of Batista and call the population into the streets while the palace assault proceeded.
