55 years ago today...

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Jan. 1, 1959.  Click image to enlarge.




BATISTA, AIDES FLEE CUBA



By JAY MALLIN
Correspondent of The Miami News

HAVANA, Jan. 1 - President Fulgencio Batista lost his bully's 

grip on Cuba today and fled the revolution-torn country.






The dictator, along with his immediate family and top members

of his government, reportedly flew to the

Dominican Republic