Camilo Cienfuegos disappears

Large numbers of rural workers and beneficiaries of agrarian reform joined the anniversary celebration of the Moncada attack.

The appointment placed the reorganization of Cuba’s military institutions under a central leader of the guerrilla struggle.

Matos and other officers resigned in protest at the growing influence of communists within the revolutionary government.

Camilo Cienfuegos carried out Castro’s order to arrest Matos in Camagüey on accusations of treason and conspiracy.

A plane piloted from Florida scattered political leaflets; anti-aircraft fire and falling fragments killed and injured people below.

Guevara’s appointment signalled the increasing role of revolutionary leaders in restructuring Cuba’s economy.

A revolutionary tribunal convicted Matos of treason and conspiracy, marking the collapse of the earlier coalition between moderate and radical leaders.