What the records say
- When
- 30 Aug 1962 – 31 Aug 1962
- Kind
- Massacre
- Deaths
- 300
- Coordinates
- 23.15° N, 82.35° W
- Description
- 1962 massacre in Cuba
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Massacre of 30 August 1962
The massacre of August 30, 1962, was a series of mass executions carried out on August 30 and 31, 1962, at the San Carlos de La Cabaña Fortress in Cuba against members of a conspiracy seeking to overthrow Fidel Castro's government.
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