1967 : Che Guevara is executed
On this day in 1967, socialist revolutionary and guerilla leader Che
Guevara, age 39, is killed by the Bolivian army. The
U.S.-military-backed Bolivian forces captured Guevara on October 8
while battling his band of guerillas in Bolivia and assassinated him
the following day. His hands were cut off as proof of death and his
body was buried in an unmarked grave. In 1997, Guevara's remains were
found and sent back to Cuba, where they were reburied in a ceremony
attended by President Fidel Castro and thousands of Cubans. Ernesto
Rafael Guevara de la Serna was born to a well-off family in Argentina
in 1928. While studying medicine at the University of Buenos Aires, he
took time off to travel around South America on a motorcycle; during
this time, he witnessed the poverty and oppression of the lower
classes. He received a medical degree in 1953 and continued his
travels around Latin America, becoming involved with left-wing
organizations. In the mid 1950s, Guevara met up with Fidel Castro and
his group of exiled revolutionaries in Mexico. Guevara played a key
role in Castro's seizure of power from Cuban dictator Fulgencio
Batista in 1959 and later served as Castro's right-hand man and
minister of industry. Guevara strongly opposed U.S. domination in
Latin America and advocated peasant-based revolutions to combat social
injustice in Third World countries. Castro later described him as "an
artist of revolutionary warfare." Guevara resigned--some say he was
dismissed--from his Cuban government post in April 1965, possibly over
differences with Castro about the nation's economic and foreign
policies. Guevara then disappeared from Cuba, traveled to Africa and
eventually resurfaced in Bolivia, where he was killed. Following his
death, Guevara achieved hero status among people around the world as a
symbol of anti-imperialism and revolution. A 1960 photo taken by
Alberto Korda of Guevara in a beret became iconic and has since
appeared on countless posters and T-shirts. However, not everyone
considers Guevara a hero: He is accused, among other things, of
ordering the deaths of hundreds of people in Cuban prisons during the
revolution.
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1635 : Rhode Island founder banished from Massachusetts
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1940 : St. Paul's Cathedral bombed
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1974 : Oskar Schindler dies
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1975 : Sakharov wins Peace Prize
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On this day in 1967, socialist revolutionary and guerilla leader Che
Guevara, age 39, is killed by the Bolivian army. The
U.S.-military-backed Bolivian forces captured Guevara on October 8
while battling his band of guerillas in Bolivia and assassinated him
the following day. His hands were cut off as proof of death and his
body was buried in an unmarked grave. In 1997, Guevara's remains were
found and sent back to Cuba, where they were reburied in a ceremony
attended by President Fidel Castro and thousands of Cubans. Ernesto
Rafael Guevara de la Serna was born to a well-off family in Argentina
in 1928. While studying medicine at the University of Buenos Aires, he
took time off to travel around South America on a motorcycle; during
this time, he witnessed the poverty and oppression of the lower
classes. He received a medical degree in 1953 and continued his
travels around Latin America, becoming involved with left-wing
organizations. In the mid 1950s, Guevara met up with Fidel Castro and
his group of exiled revolutionaries in Mexico. Guevara played a key
role in Castro's seizure of power from Cuban dictator Fulgencio
Batista in 1959 and later served as Castro's right-hand man and
minister of industry. Guevara strongly opposed U.S. domination in
Latin America and advocated peasant-based revolutions to combat social
injustice in Third World countries. Castro later described him as "an
artist of revolutionary warfare." Guevara resigned--some say he was
dismissed--from his Cuban government post in April 1965, possibly over
differences with Castro about the nation's economic and foreign
policies. Guevara then disappeared from Cuba, traveled to Africa and
eventually resurfaced in Bolivia, where he was killed. Following his
death, Guevara achieved hero status among people around the world as a
symbol of anti-imperialism and revolution. A 1960 photo taken by
Alberto Korda of Guevara in a beret became iconic and has since
appeared on countless posters and T-shirts. However, not everyone
considers Guevara a hero: He is accused, among other things, of
ordering the deaths of hundreds of people in Cuban prisons during the
revolution.
history.com/tdih.do
1635 : Rhode Island founder banished from Massachusetts
history.com/tdih.do?action=tdihArticleCategory&id=5415
1940 : St. Paul's Cathedral bombed
history.com/tdih.do?action=tdihArticleCategory&id=7045
1974 : Oskar Schindler dies
history.com/tdih.do?action=tdihArticleCategory&id=5416
1975 : Sakharov wins Peace Prize
history.com/tdih.do?action=tdihArticleCategory&id=5417
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