Seeming amused, Fidel Castro holds up a newspaper headlining the discovery of a plot to kill him, during a trip to New York in 1959. Earlier in the day, when asked about a reported assassination attempt, Castro had replied, "I sleep well and don't worry at all." (Getty Images)

What started as a disastrous assault became a national myth, one that would help propel a young lawyer into the role of revolutionary icon.

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