Today in history - August 13

Delegates enter to the sixth congress of the Cuban Communist Party (PCC) beside a portrait of former Cuban leader and party Secretary General Fidel Castro in Havana in this 2011 file photo.

Delegates enter to the sixth congress of the Cuban Communist Party (PCC) beside a portrait of former Cuban leader and party Secretary General Fidel Castro in Havana in this 2011 file photo.

Published Aug 13, 2013

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Highlights of this day in history: First steps toward building the Berlin Wall during the Cold War; Cuba's Fidel Castro born; Spain's Cortez captures what's now Mexico City; Director Alfred Hitchcock born; Baseball's Mickey Mantle dies.

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