Advance warning in the country prevented any storm-related fatalities , although four people suspected Suspicion of looting were shot Killing and killed during a curfew in Havana .

The German travel writer Richard Katz witnessed the hurricane while in Havana , and described the experience in his book `` Loafing Around the Globe '' ( `` Ein Bummel um Die Welt '' ) .

In August 1762 a British expedition against Cuba took Conquering Havana and western Cuba , then a month later the British seized Hold Manila .

It was hijacked Kidnapping on November 24 , 1968 , by four men from JFK International Airport , New York City to Havana , Cuba .

The Battle Hostile_encounter of Havana was a naval engagement Hostile_encounter that took place Process_start between the British Caribbean squadron and a Spanish squadron based near Havana during the War Military_operation of Jenkins ' Ear .

The Battle Hostile_encounter of Havana was a naval engagement Hostile_encounter that took place Process_start between the British Caribbean squadron and a Spanish squadron based near Havana during the War Military_operation of Jenkins ' Ear .

Aeroflot Flight 331 , refers to an Ilyushin Il-62M , that crashed Catastrophe approximately away from José Martí International Airport , in Havana , Cuba , on 27 May 1977 .

On April 21 , 1898 , after the sinking of in Havana Harbor and prior to its declaration of war on April 25 , the United States launched Process_start a naval blockade of the Spanish colony island of Cuba , off its southern coast of the peninsula of Florida .

Hostilities began Process_start in the aftermath of the internal explosion of in Havana Harbor in Cuba , leading to Causation U.S. intervention in the Cuban War of Independence .

They were operated Being_in_operation largely by British citizens , making use of neutral ports such as Havana , Nassau and Bermuda .

( Spain had ceded Surrendering Florida to Britain in exchange for the return of Havana , Cuba . )

Severe destruction Destroying was reported Reporting on the island , with winds up to observed Perception_active in Havana .