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Events on Tuesday 20 May 1902 1
1902Republic of Cuba EstablishedUS military government ends, Cuban republic beginsThe United States ended its military occupation of Cuba on May 20, and Tomás Estrada Palma was inaugurated as the island's first president. The new republic remained constrained by the Platt Amendment, which gave the US the right to intervene in Cuban affairs.