On July 20, 1960...
 
1960: US Assassination Attempt on Cuban Leader Raul Castro
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"A plan to assassinate Raul Castro is initiated. Tracy Barnes, second in command to Richard Bissell, deputy director of the CIA, sends a cable to the station in Havana which reads: "Possible removal top three leaders is receiving serious consideration at HQS." The idea is to use a Cuban agent to create an "accident," but in the end, he doesn't find the opportunity to arrange it."

Source: Escalante (1995), The Secret War: CIA Covert Operations Against Cuba, 1959-1962. Ocean Press, p. 163
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