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Nyad was born in New York City on August 22, 1949, to Lucy Winslow Curtis (1925–2007) [10] and stockbroker William L. Sneed Jr. Her mother was a great-granddaughter of Charlotte N. Winslow, the inventor of Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup, a popular morphine-based medicine for children's teething pain that was manufactured from 1849 until the 1930s. [11]
The claim on the buoy stating "90 miles to Cuba" may be a rounded number, since Cuba, at its closest point is 94 statute (81 nautical) miles due south. [19] One book author suggests they meant 90 nautical miles, from a distance of 103 statute ('regular') miles measuring from Key West to Havana, Cuba. [20]
Some experienced marathoners requested more data surrounding the conditions and execution of her 110-mile, 52-hour swim from Cuba to Florida, The Guardian and The New York Times reported at the ...
Freedom Flights (known in Spanish as Los vuelos de la libertad) transported Cubans to Miami twice daily, five times per week from 1965 to 1973. [1] [2] [3] Its budget was about $12 million and it brought an estimated 300,000 refugees, making it the "largest airborne refugee operation in American history."
90 Miles is a 2001 documentary film written and directed by Juan Carlos Zaldívar. [1] The film is a recounting of the events that lead Zaldívar to become a Marielito and leave Cuba for a better life in Miami .
American Airlines, the biggest flier from Miami International Airport, asked the U.S. Department of Transportation this week for clearance to resume flights to five destinations in Cuba, outside ...
May 23 Three men born in Cuba successfully hijack a 727 from Miami to Cuba. [27] June 17 A man hijacks a 707 from Oakland to Cuba. [27] June 22 A man born in Cuba hijacks a DC-8 from Newark, N.J., to Cuba. [27] June 25 A man successfully hijacks a DC-8 from Los Angeles to Cuba. [27] June 28 A man successfully hijacks a 727 from Baltimore to ...