1917.   Andrés González Lines is born in the area of El Calvario, Havana.

At a very young age, he entered the Mariel Naval Academy by competitive examination in order to prepare himself as a Merchant Marine. At the beginning of World War II, the need arose for the students of that specialty to become cadets of the Navy, and so he did.

In 1942 he graduated as a frigate ensign and joined the Navy's naval units. After the war he took a teaching position at the Naval Academy.

After the coup d'état of March 10, 1952, he opposed the reactionary military dictatorship and was imprisoned in Isla de Pinos. After the triumph of the Revolution he was in charge of the organization of the Cuban Merchant Navy.

In the early hours of Sunday, May 7, 1961, while carrying out a training and patrol mission in the R-43 boat of the Revolutionary War Navy together with 16 other comrades, the vessel was attacked 16 kilometers (10 miles) north of the city of Mariel. As a consequence, the boat sank and all its occupants perished.

1963. Bartolomé Moré Gutiérrez, Benny Moré, died in Havana.

Known as "El Bárbaro del Ritmo" (The Barbarian of Rhythm), he is a symbol of Cuban popular music because he excelled as a composer, bandleader, as well as a performer with a singular voice and a peculiar, unequaled style. His successful career was vertiginous. He became an idol of dancers and lovers of Cuban music in general.

Several decades after his death, he is still present as a kind of great symbol or legend in Cuban popular music. He was also a prolific composer and many of his creations were inspired by his beloved Cuba, among them, the one he dedicated to his native town of Santa Isabel de las Lajas, where his remains also rest.