Timeline Monday 10 March 1952

Events on Monday 10 March 1952 1

• 1952 Batista's coup in Cuba Fulgencio Batista seizes power before scheduled elections General Fulgencio Batista led a bloodless coup on 10 March 1952, ousting President Carlos Prio Socarras just months before elections he was expected to lose. Batista suspended the constitution and ruled as a dictator. His government's later corruption and repression helped fuel the Cuban Revolution.