August 6. All foreign assets nationalized by the new Cuban government in 1960.

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August 6, 1960.  All foreign assets nationalized by the new Cuban government.

Fidel Castro addresses a huge crowd in Havana after the successful revolution toppling the Batista regime.

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August 6. Sam Mertes is born in 1872.

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August 5. Bernie Carbo is born in 1947.