Havana in the Interwar Period

The atlas holds 7 people and 10 moments here, from 1919 to 1939. The most recorded lives are Ernest Hemingway, José Raúl Capablanca and Fulgencio Batista.

Notable people

  1. Calvin Coolidge

    in 1928

    1 moment here

    John Calvin Coolidge Jr. (1872–1933) was an American lawyer and Republican politician who served as governor of Massachusetts, vice president of the…

  2. Celia Cruz

    in 1925

    1 moment here

    Celia Cruz was a Cuban-American singer celebrated internationally as the “Queen of Salsa.” Born in Havana, she rose to fame with Sonora Matancera,…

  3. Ernest Hemingway

    in 1939

    2 moments here

    American novelist, short-story writer, and journalist. Hemingway’s documented movements ranged from Illinois and Michigan to Italy in World War I,…

  4. Fulgencio Batista

    from 1921 to 1933

    2 moments here

    Cuban army officer and politician who became a central power in Cuba after the 1933 Sergeants’ Revolt, served as president from 1940 to 1944,…

  5. Italo Calvino

    in 1923

    1 moment here

    Italian novelist, short-story writer, editor, journalist, and member of Oulipo. Born in Cuba, raised chiefly in Sanremo, and active across Italy,…

  6. José Raúl Capablanca

    from 1919 to 1921

    2 moments here

    Cuban chess player and diplomat, world chess champion from 1921 to 1927. This chronology records documented physical presence at places of birth,…

  7. Miguel Ángel Asturias

    in 1928

    1 moment here

    Guatemalan poet-diplomat, novelist, playwright, journalist, and 1967 Nobel laureate. Asturias’s documented life moved between Guatemala, Europe,…

Moments

  1. 1919 Kostić match José Raúl Capablanca
  2. 1921 Travel to Havana and army enlistment Fulgencio Batista
  3. 1921 World Championship match begins José Raúl Capablanca
  4. 1923 Birth in Santiago de las Vegas Italo Calvino
  5. 1925 Birth in Santos Suárez Celia Cruz
  6. 1928 Sixth International Conference of American States Calvin Coolidge
  7. 1928 Journalists' congress visit Miguel Ángel Asturias
  8. 1933 Sergeants' Revolt at Camp Columbia Fulgencio Batista
  9. 1939 Finca Vigía tenancy Ernest Hemingway
  10. 1939 Hotel Ambos Mundos residence Ernest Hemingway

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