Friday, October 9, 2026

October 9, 1967: Che Guevara became a good Communist








Che Guevara was executed by the Bolivian army on October 9, 1967, in the village of La Higuera, Bolivia. [1, 2]


Key Details of the Event
  • Che Guevara – He was an Argentine Marxist revolutionary and a main leader of the Cuban Revolution. He went to Bolivia to start a new armed revolution.
  • Bolivian Army – Troops captured him on October 8, 1967, after a battle in the Yuro Ravine. The CIA helped track and support the military operation.
  • La Higuera – Soldiers held him overnight in a small schoolhouse in this village. The Bolivian high command ordered his death the next morning to stop him from becoming a public prisoner.
  • Mario Terán – He was the sergeant who shot and killed Guevara inside the schoolhouse. The military made his wounds look like a battlefield death. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]

More This Day In History:

June 26, 1948, the United States launched the Berlin Airlift, known as "Operation Vittles"
June 28, 1914: Archduke Franz Ferdinand Is Assassinated
June 30, 1908 The Tunguska explosion (or Tunguska event)
July 1, 1863: The Battle Of Gettysburg Begins
July 2, 1937 Amelia Earhart disappears
July 3, 1775: George Washington Takes Command Of The Continental Army
July 4, 1776: The Declaration Of Independence Is AdoptedJuly 13, 1949: Pope Pius XII excommunicates all communist Catholics
July 17, 1918: The Romanov Family Is Executed By Communists
July 19, 1799: The Rosetta Stone Is Discovered
July 21, 1861: The First Battle of Bull Run
July 22, 1298: William Wallace Is Defeated At The Battle Of Falkirk
July 25, 1898 - U.S. forces invade Puerto Rico
July 26, 1847 - Liberia proclaimed its independence: Wakanda Realized.
July 29, 1588: The Spanish Armada Is Defeated
August 3, 1492: Christopher Columbus Sets Sail For The New World
September 8, 1429: Joan Of Arc Attacks Paris - September 8, 1664: New Amsterdam Becomes New York
September 10, 1608: John Smith Is Elected To Lead Jamestown
September 11, 2001: The 9/11 Attacks Take Place
September 12, 1683: The Battle Of Vienna Ends Ottoman (Muslim) Domination In Eastern Europe
September 13, 1574: The Muslim Conquest of Tunis
September 15, 1254: Marco Polo Is Born
September 16, 1620: The Mayflower departs Plymouth, England, with 102 Pilgrims and about 30 crew for the New World
September 17, 1862: The Battle Of Antietam Begins
September 21, 1780: Benedict Arnold Commits Treason
September 22 1975: Radical Leftist Sara Jane Moore Attempts To Assassinate President Gerald Ford
September 23, 1779 John Paul Jones wins in English waters
September 26, 1777: British Forces Occupy Philadelphia
September 26, 1983: Stanislav Petrov Prevents The Outbreak Of Nuclear War
September 30, 1888: Jack The Ripper Murders His Third And Fourth Victims
October 3, 1995: O.J. Simpson Is Acquitted
October 4, 1582: The Gregorian Calendar Is Introduced
October 7, 1913: Henry Ford's Moving assembly line debuts at Ford factory
October 8, 1967: Che Guevara Is Captured

2 comments:

Phuc Dims said...

I stopped listening to Santana when I saw him in a che shirt.

Anonymous said...

che was a loser who was filled with envy and jealousy. The only thing he was capable of was convincing low IQ inbreds that they were being held back by the rich. Let’s face it, that’s probably the easiest sell in the world.