May 20, 1902

(thing) by ModernAngel Sat Mar 04 2000 at 23:31:55

Cuba becomes a sovereign Republic. Tomás Estrada Palma is the first president of the Republic of Cuba. U.S. troops withdraw, but see Platt Amendment.

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