- May 28 - Fidel Castro declares martial law in Cuba because of a possible U.S. attack.
- July 28 – The U.S. announces that a Lockheed U-2 reconnaissance plane has disappeared over Cuba.
- November 2 – The Cuban Adjustment Act comes into force, allowing 123,000 Cubans the opportunity to apply for permanent residency in the United States.
- November 17 - birth, Daisy Fuentes, Cuban-born American model and television personality