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Cubans hold a pro-Palestine protest at the Embassy of the United States in Havana, Cuba.
2023-11-23

Cuba expands their emergency vaccination plan to Havana and other parts of the island by using the Abdala vaccine.
2021-06-14

A tornado in eastern Havana, Cuba, kills three people and injures 174 others.
2019-01-28

A Boeing 737 crashes shortly after taking off from Havana, Cuba, with 104 passengers and nine crew on board. Only three people are reported to have survived the crash. One survivor later dies from her injuries.
2018-05-18

The U.S. Department of Commerce approves service by six commercial airlines from five U.S. cities, including Miami and Philadelphia, to nine international airports in Cuba. Approval for routes to the capital Havana are still pending. Most of the carriers plan to begin their new service this fall and winter.
2016-06-10

British rock band The Rolling Stones performs in Havana, Cuba, playing an open-air free concert in the country, in what has been called a "historic moment." Western music used to be banned in Cuba as being "ideologically divergent."
2016-03-26

U.S. President Barack Obama and the First Family begin their three-day visit to Havana, Cuba, to mark the end of 54 years of tensions in Cuba–United States relations. Obama is the first sitting U.S. president to visit the country since Calvin Coolidge in 1928.
2016-03-20

The United States and Cuba re-establish diplomatic relations after severing them 55 years ago. An American embassy will open in Havana and talks to lift the embargo will begin.
2014-12-17

A 5.1 magnitude earthquake occurs in the Straits of Florida about 112 miles east of Havana, Cuba, swaying medium rise buildings in city.
2014-01-9

At least seven people have been killed and another 40 hospitalised from drinking illegal alcohol in the Cuban capital Havana.
2013-07-31