1869. Doctor of Pharmacy Joaquín Fabián de Aenlle y Monjiotti dies in Havana.

His birth took place in the Jibacoa area, in the province of Havana, on January 20, 1825.

With the course of his existence, he reached the titles of Bachelor of Pharmacy and Doctor of Pharmacy.

He was a Founding Academician of the Royal Academy of Physical, Medical and Natural Sciences of Havana.

He was the first to study the Cuban medicinal mineral waters, for which he visited on more than one occasion the spas of Madruga and others known at the time.

He published a monograph on this subject. He was the forerunner of the scientific press in Cuba where he published articles on chemistry and inorganic, a field in which he was a true scholar.

He participated in conspiracies for the independence of Cuba that preceded the start of the so-called Ten Years' War.

His birth took place in the Jibacoa area, in the province of Havana, on January 20, 1825.

1917. Dr. Raimundo García Menocal dies in Havana.

He has been considered the master of Surgery in Cuba. He had the honor of being the founder of the first School of Nursing in Cuba in 1899.

During the stage that he directed the School of Medicine, he contributed to considerably modify the general teaching of this specialty. He transformed numerous departments of the educational center. In addition, various laboratories were installed and operated, which only nominally existed in the School of Medicine.

He was one of those who contributed the most to introducing anesthesia methods in our country.

His birth took place in the town of San Antonio de las Vegas, Havana, on June 3, 1856

1958. A rebellion by a group of political prisoners took place in the Castillo del Príncipe, in Havana. When repressed by the forces of the dictatorship, the revolutionaries Vicente Ponce Carrasco, Reynaldo Gutiérrez Otaño and Roberto de la Rosa Valdés were assassinated.

1967. The National Ballet of Cuba premieres the ballet titled “Carmen” in Havana.

It is a traditional ballet work, with original choreography by Frenchman Roland Petit.

The leading role in this choreography fell to the prima ballerina Alicia Alonso, who performed it brilliantly and unforgettable, as a very seductive gypsy.

This work has been performed by various companies from different parts of the world and has been one of the most acclaimed ballets in Europe, Asia and America.

Among the most famous versions of that ballet is the one conceived in 1967 by the Cuban choreographer Alberto Alonso.

1993. Rigoberta Menchú arrives in Havana.

She was a Guatemalan indigenous leader and defender of human rights. She was a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, UNESCO, and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize and the Prince of Asturias Award for International Cooperation. She stood out for her leadership at the forefront of social struggles at the national and international levels.

On August 2, she was decorated in Cuba with the Ana Betancourt Order imposed by the President of the Council of State and Ministers of Cuba, Fidel Castro.

With her characteristic slow and precise speech, Rigoberta Menchú thanked the distinction and reflected on the relationship between the struggle of Guatemalan women from indigenous peoples and the aspirations for redemption of the oppressed in all regions of the planet.