As part of their campaign to capture Spanish-held Santiago de Cuba on the southern coast of Cuba, the U.S. Army Fifth Corps engages Spanish forces at El Caney and San Juan Hill.
Air Canada flight 8481, with 75 aboard, blew a tire as it was taking off from Calgary, Alberta en route to Grande Prairie, according to CTV News Edmonton. High winds prevented a turnaround, so the Dash 8-400 had to make an emergency landing in Edmonton, Alberta.
Choice Hotels International, Inc. has recognized the Quality Inn El Portal, located in Puerto Rico's trendy Condado Beach area, as one of the company's top performing hotels of its Caribbean portfolio. The hotel walked away with two of Choice Hotels' "Caribbean Star Awards" during a recent presentation at the company's headquarters in Rockville, Maryland.
The next edition of Cuba’s International Book Fair will be celebrating the centennial of poet Raúl Ferrer and will be dedicated to Cuban researcher Olga Portuondo and essayist Leonardo Acosta, winner of the National Literature Award.
The outstanding Santiago-born Miguel Ángel Botalín Pampín was born on March 8, 1932 and passed away at the age of 81. He was the eighth son of Miguel Ángel Bottalini Rius and Josefa Adelaida Pampín Fornet. This artist studied at José Joaquín Tejada Fine Arts School and graduated in late 1950s. He also got his degree in Legal Sciences at the Havana University.