1961.   At the intersection of 23rd and 12th Streets in Vedado, Commander in Chief Fidel Castro proclaims the socialist character of the Cuban Revolution, while speaking at the mourning farewell ceremony for the victims of the surprise attack against several Cuban airports carried out by planes from the United States the day before. Fidel pointed out: "...this is the socialist and democratic revolution of the humble, with the humble and for the humble".

The militiamen and soldiers, representatives of the working people, raising their rifles, approved the socialist character of the revolution. At that moment a decisive leap in the political consciousness of the people was taking place and it was the best tribute to the fallen for a more dignified future for the homeland.

1996.  Tomás Gutiérrez Alea dies in Havana.

He was born in the Cuban capital on December 11, 1928.

Film director and screenwriter, he was one of the most outstanding figures in the history of Cuban and Latin American cinematography.

In 1959 he organized, together with other directors, the film section of the Directorate of Culture of the Rebel Army, where he began the filming of "Esta tierra nuestra", the first documentary after the triumph of the Revolution.

He wrote and directed more than twenty feature films, documentaries and short films, many of which achieved great notoriety both in Cuba and in other parts of the world.

He was a founding member of the Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba (UNEAC).