March 1960
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The following events occurred in March 1960:
March 5, 1960: Iconic photo of Che Guevara taken by Albert Korda
March 24, 1960: Tu-124, first turbojet, debuts
March 25, 1960: Euromast dedicated in Rotterdam
March 25, 1960: Cromwell's head reburied after 300 years
Guerrillero Heroico
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Guerrillero Heroico is a photograph of Argentine revolutionary Che Guevara taken by Alberto Korda. It was captured on 5 March 1960, in Havana, Cuba, at a memorial service for victims of the La Coubre
March 1960
…Born: John Mugabi, Ugandan boxer, and WBC World Junior Middleweight champion from 1989 to 1990; in Kampala The iconic image of Che Guevara (seen above) was taken by photographer Alberto Korda, who was on assignment from the Cuban government newspaper Revolucion to cover a…
The original image, from which the popularized portrait was derived. By cropping out a palm tree and the profile of Jorge Masetti, increasing the contrast, and making other slight adjustments, Korda gave Guevara's image "an ageless quality, divorced from the specifics of time and place."
Che Guevara (third from left) and Fidel Castro (far left) marching to Colón Cemetery.
Korda's film contact sheet. Guerrillero Heroico appears on the fourth row down, third picture over (shot horizontally).