President Barack Obama and family visit Cuba

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Monday, March 21, 2016
President Barack Obama speaks at an event on entrepreneurship and opportunity for Cuban people at La Cerveceria, Monday, March 21, 2016, in Havana, Cuba.
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President Barack Obama and family visit CubaPresident Barack Obama speaks at an event on entrepreneurship and opportunity for Cuban people at La Cerveceria, Monday, March 21, 2016, in Havana, Cuba.
Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP

President Barack Obama made history on Sunday when he became the first sitting president in nearly a century to visit Cuba. Diplomatic ties between the two nations were reestablished in 2015 following a U.S. embargo against Cuba that lasted over half a century.

The last president to visit Cuba while still in office was Calvin Coolidge in 1928.

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