August 6. Sam Mertes is born in 1872.

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August 6, 1872.  Sam Mertes is born.

Photo of Mertes wearing a New York Giants uniform in 1905.

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August 7. Bill McKechnie is born in 1886.

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