1898-1933: US control and influence until revolution.
1934: US encouraged take over.
1944: Grau San Martin President.
1952: US backs dictatorship.
1956: Guerrilla war.
1959: Castro leads revolution.
1959 onwards: US embargo and attacks.
1961: US directed invasion fails.
1962: Cuban Missile Crisis.
1965: Cuba aids Congo rebels.
1976-1981: Cuba aids Angola rebels and Ethiopia.
1976: Cubana airliner blown up.
1991: Soviet advisers leave Cuba.
1998: Cuba provides medical aid.
2000: US allows food and medicine.
2002: Torture at Guantanamo.
2006: Castro ill.
2007: US frees terrorist. UN votes against US sanctions again.