13 August 2026 – 100th birthday of Fidel Castro

29.09.1974 - Fidel Castro, Prime Minister of Cuba, smokes a cigar during his meeting with two U.S. senators, the first to visit Castro's Cuba, in Havana, Cuba, Sept. 29, 1974. (AP Photo)
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02.04.1977 - Festliches Essen im DDR-Staatsrat am 02.04.1977 anläßlich des Besuches des kubanischen Partei- und Staatschefs Fidel Castro, der hier einen Toast ausbringt. Foto: ddrbildarchi...
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01.01.1962 - Cuban president Fidel Castro takes pictures with a Praktisix-6x6-Camera, produced in the GDR, at Playa Giron (Bay of Pigs) in 1962. Photo: Heinz Junge
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14.05.2002 - Former President Jimmy Carter, right, accompanied by Cuban President Fidel Castro, warms up before throwing the first pitch in an all-star baseball game at the Latinamerican Stadiu...
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26.02.1974 - Cuban head of state Fidel Castro and GDR head of state Erich Honecker hug and say goodbye at airport Havanna-José Martí on the 26th of February in 1974. Photo: ddrbildarchiv.de /...
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26.07.1962 - Osvaldo Dorticos (l) and Fidel Castro stand next to each other on the tribune on the national holiday, 26th of July in 1962, in Cuba. Photo: Heinz Junge
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23.01.1998 - Cuban President Fidel Castro waves to the press in attendance at the University of Havana to cover the meeting of Pope John Paul II's gathering with intellectuals in Havana Friday...
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30.10.2000 - Cuban President Fidel Castro, center, is decorated with the Liberator Order by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, left, and Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jose Rangel, after signing a...
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19.10.2012 - Cuban leader Fidel Castro holds a copy of the state run newspaper, Granma, in Havana, Cuba, Friday Oct. 19, 2012. (AP Photo/Alex Castro)
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01.01.1962 - Cuban president Fidel Castro takes pictures with a Praktisix-6x6-Camera, produced in the GDR, at Playa Giron (Bay of Pigs) in 1962. Photo: Heinz Junge
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11.05.2015 - Cuba's leader Fidel Castro talks with French President Francois Hollande, not seen, in Havana, Cuba, Monday, May 11, 2015. Hollande is the first French leader to visit the island...
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01.01.1962 - Cuban president Fidel Castro talks to masses of people through a microphone on the Plaza de la Revolución in Havanna, Cuba in 1962. Photo: Heinz Junge
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01.05.1962 - Osvaldo Dorticos (5th of left) and Fidel Castro (4th of left), as well as close employees and revolutionaries, walk with crossed arms at the demonstration on the 1st of May in 1962...
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04.06.1980 - GDR leader Erich Honecker (L) and Cuban leader Fidel Castro (R) smile as Honecker visits Cuba, 04 June 1980.?Photo: ddrbildarchiv/Murza - Umschlagsnummer 1980-A +++(c) dpa - Report...
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11.07.2014 - Cuba's Fidel Castro speaks with Russia's President Vladimir Putin in Havana, Cuba, Friday, July 11, 2014. Putin began a Latin American tour aimed at boosting trade and ties in the...
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18.11.1999 - Cuban leader Fidel Castro, center, and veteran Cuban players pose for photos after winning an exhibition game between Cuban and Venezuelan veteran players in Havana, Cuba, Thursday...
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01.01.1962 - Cuban president Fidel Castro talks to masses of people through a microphone on the Plaza de la Revolución in Havanna, Cuba in 1962. Photo: Heinz Junge
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01.01.1962 - Cuban president Fidel Castro takes pictures with a Praktisix-6x6-Camera, produced in the GDR, at Playa Giron (Bay of Pigs) in 1962. Photo: Heinz Junge
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30.08.2010 - A picture dated 26 July 2006 shows Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro, participating in a ceremony in his last public appearance as president of the island, before being hospi...
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11.08.2011 - A picture dated in 1941 shows former Cuba's President Fidel Castro (L) and current Cuba's President Raul Castro (R) in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba. Fide Castro will celebrate his 85 bir...
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12.08.2010 - A picture dated 03 February 2006 shows Former Cuban Lider Fidel Castro delivering a speech in Havana, Cuba. Fidel Castro turns 84 on 13 August 2010 recovered from his illness and p...
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02.04.1977 - Der kubanische Partei- und Staatschef, Fidel Castro (r.) bei seiner Ankunft auf dem Flughafen Berlin-Schönefeld am 02.04.1977. Gemeinsam mit dem Partei-und Staatschef der DDR, Eri...
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19.04.2011 - A picture dated April 19, 2011 shows Cuban Former President Fidel Castro (L) is seen whith his brother Raul Castro (R) holding his arm during the elections as secretary of the Comm...
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16.06.1972 - Cuban head of state and party leader Fidel Castro (2-L) visits Dresden on 16th of June in 1972. On the way from Prager Street to the town hall he is accompanied by Werner Krolikows...
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31.08.1986 - Kubanischer Staats- und Parteichef, aufgenommen am Rande der 8. Gipfelkonferenz der blockfreien Länder im September 1986 in Harare/Simbabwe.
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30.11.1957 - Der kubanische Rebellenführer Fidel Castro (M) auf einem geheimen Urwaldstützpunkt bei der Aufnahme von Freiwilligen in seine Rebellen-Armee. Aufgenommen 1958.
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31.12.1975 - Kubas Staatschef Fidel Castro mit Zigarre. Aufgenommen bei einer Veranstaltung in Cienfuegos/Kuba im Januar 1976.
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30.11.1957 - Im Vordergrund der kubanische Rebellenführer Fidel Castro, dahinter der Chef seiner Leibwache, Leutnant Camilo Cienfuegea. Aufgenommen 1958.
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16.06.1972 - Cuban head of state Fidel Castro (r) visits Dresden on the 16th of June in 1972 and speaks to builders. oto: Ulrich Hässler +++(c) dpa - Report+++
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12.08.2010 - A picture dated 1954 shows former Cuban Lider Fidel Castro (R) and his son Angel Castro (L) known as 'Fidelito' in the 'Isla de los Pinos' prison in Cuba. Fidel Castro turns 84 on...
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03.07.1975 - The Prime Minister of Sweden, Olof Palme, visits CubaÂs leader Fidel Castro in Havanna. Picture taken 3rd July 1975. Foto: Hasse Persson +++(c) dpa - Report+++
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30.11.1959 - US author Ernest Hemingway (r) and Cuban head of state Fidel Castro in 1960 after a fishing competition. It was their first and only encounter, although Hemingway had his residence...
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02.04.1977 - Toast Fidel Castros, Partei- und Staatschef Kubas, während eines festlichen Essens im DDR-Staatsrat anläßlich des Besuches Castros in der DDR am 02.04.1977. 2.v.r.: Erich Honecker,...
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01.01.1962 - Cuban's head of state Fidel Castro (l) in a boat near Playa Giron (Bay of Pigs in Cuba), photographed in 1962. Photo: Heinz Junge
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27.06.1999 - Bundeskanzler Gerhard Schröder (l) trifft nach seiner Ankunft in der brasilianischen Metropole Rio de Janeiro am 27.6.1999 mit Kubas Staats- und Parteichef Fidel Castro zusammen. W...
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23.02.1974 - Cuban president Fidel Castro gives a speech at a public meeting in Cienfuegos in front of head of the GDR Erich Honecker and other members of government on the 23rd of February in...
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28.09.2010 - Cuban former President Fidel Castro speaks during an event to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the creation of the Defence Committees of the Revolution (CDR, as read in Spanish)...
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01.09.1973 - Cuban President Fidel Castro, right, holds a weapon during his visit to the Quang Binh province, in Vietnam, Sept. 1973. (AP Photo/Rogelio More/Prensa Latina via AP Images)
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03.02.2013 - Cuba's leader Fidel Castro talks to reporters at a polling station after casting his ballot in parliament elections in Havana, Cuba, Sunday, Feb. 3, 2013. More than 8 million islan...
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20.03.1959 - Fidel Castro stands amid a crowd of farmers as he explains his plan to distribute among peasants 7,500,000 acres of land which he claims was stolen from the nation by big landholde...
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01.04.2002 - Cuban President Fidel Castro waves a Cuban flag in Havana, Cuba in this April 2002 photo. Castro will celebrate his 77th birthday on Wednesday, August 13, 2003. (AP Photo/Cristob...
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16.02.1959 - Cuba's revolutionary hero Fidel Castro, right, signs the Instrument of Office to become Prime Minister of Cuba, at a ceremony in Havana, Feb. 16, 1959. Cuban President Manuel Urrut...
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01.12.1995 - Cuban President Fidel Castro stands on the Great Wall of China, 70 kilometers north of Beijing, Friday December 1, 1995. Castro, who is in China to boost trade and study the countr...
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22.10.1995 - Cuban President Fidel Castro addresses the U.N. General Assembly at a special commemorative meeting marking the 50th anniversary of the United Nations, Sunday, Oct. 22, 1995. (AP P...
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01.05.2002 - Cuban leader Fidel Castro speaks Wednesday, May 1, 2002 during the May Day celebration in Revolution Plaza of Havana, Cuba. (AP Photo/Jose Goitia)
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01.09.1973 - Cuban President Fidel Castro poses with two soldiers during a visit to "liberated" areas in South Vietnam. (AP Photo/Rogelio More/Prensa Latina via AP Images)
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19.04.2015 - Cuba's leader Fidel Castro prepares his vote for municipal elections at his house in Havana, Cuba, Sunday, April 19, 2015. Cuba held its first local elections, which allow direct...
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24.02.2013 - Cuba's leader Fidel Castro attends the opening session of the National Assemby in Havana, Cuba, Sunday, Feb. 24, 2012. Cuba's parliament reconvened Sunday with new membership and...
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26.07.1999 - Cuban President Fidel Castro adresses thousands of Communist Party faithfuls, Monday, July 26, 1999, in Cienfuegos, Cuba, in a speech marking the anniversary of the start of the re...
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16.02.1959 - Fidel Castro, revolutionary hero of Cuba, signs the instrument of office to become prime minister, Feb. 16, 1959, in Havana, Cuba. At left, President Manuel Urrutia waits to place...
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11.10.2006 - Fidel Castro, leader of Cuba's revolutionary forces, ponders questions at a press conference in Cienfuegos, Jan. 7, 1959. (AP Photo/Harold Valentine)
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01.01.2000 - Fidel Castro as guerrilla / 1958 Castro Ruz, Fidel; Cuban politician; born 1927. - The guerrilla warfare against the Batista regime on Cuba 1956-59: Fidel Castro in his hiding...
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01.01.2000 - FIDEL CASTRO wurde am 13. 08. 1926 in der Provinz Oriente (der heutigen Verwaltungsprovinz Holguin) auf Kuba geboren. Castro war Anführer der Revolution in Kuba gegen den Diktator...
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17.12.2014 - The US and Cuba announced an agreement between the two countries that will be a first step toward normalizing relations. PICTURED: Jan 10, 1985 - Managua, Nicaragua - FIDEL CASTRO...
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07.09.1973 - Fidel Castro, Portraet, Portrait, ernst nachdenklich, Blick leicht seitlich und nach unten, auf der Konferenz der Blockfreien Staaten, am 07.09.1973 in Algier /Algerien ; Schwarzwe...
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01.01.1960 - FIdel Castro with soldiers. Photograph. Around 1960
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17.12.2014 - The US and Cuba announced an agreement between the two countries that will be a first step toward normalizing relations. PICTURED: Jan 08, 1969 - Havana, Cuba - Cuba's Premier FIDE...
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01.01.1960 - Fidel Castro giving a speech. Photograph. Around 1960.
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17.12.2014 - The US and Cuba announced an agreement between the two countries that will be a first step toward normalizing relations. PICTURED: Sep. 09, 1960 - New York, New York, U.S. - Premie...
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17.12.2014 - The US and Cuba announced an agreement between the two countries that will be a first step toward normalizing relations. PICTURED: Sep. 21, 1960 - New York, NY, U.S. - FIDEL CASTRO...
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04.08.2006 - Fidel Castro, Portraet, Portrait, Blick etwas zur Seite, verschwoererisch, unheimlich, im Jahr1967 auf Kuba; Schwarzweissaufnahme; Fidel CASTRO (eigentlich: Fidel Alejandro Castro...
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14.08.2013 - (130814) -- HAVANA, Aug. 14, 2013 () -- Archive image taken on Dec. 22, 1961, shows former Cuban leader Fidel Castro, waves to the crowd in Havana, Cuba. Cuba celebrated the 87th b...
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20.04.2016 - (160419) -- HAVANA, April 19, 2016 () -- Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro (L, front) and Cuban President Raul Castro (R), take part during the seventh Congress of the Commun...
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01.01.1960 - Fidel Castro with revolutionaries. Cuba. Photograph. Around 1960
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01.01.1960 - Fidel Castro talking to the Egyptian president Gamal Abd el Nasser. Photograph. Around 1960.
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01.01.2000 - FIDEL CASTRO wurde am 13. 08. 1926 in der Provinz Oriente (der heutigen Verwaltungsprovinz Holguin) auf Kuba geboren. Castro war Anführer der Revolution in Kuba gegen den Diktator...
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01.01.2000 - FIDEL CASTRO wurde am 13. 08. 1926 in der Provinz Oriente (der heutigen Verwaltungsprovinz Holguin) auf Kuba geboren. Castro war Anführer der Revolution in Kuba gegen den Diktator...
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17.12.2014 - The US and Cuba announced an agreement between the two countries that will be a first step toward normalizing relations. PICTURED: Nov 30, 1971 - Santiago, Chile - Cuban leader FID...
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17.12.2014 - Dec. 17, 2014 - FILE - The US and Cuba are to start talks to normalize diplomatic ties in a historic shift in relations between the two countries. The two countries have struck a p...
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01.01.1965 - Fidel Castro / Foto 1965 Castro Ruz, Fidel, kuban. Politiker (ab 1959 Min.Praes., ab 1976 Staats- u.Min. -Praes.), geb. 13.8.1926 (oder 1927) in Mayari, Prov.Oriente. Foto, 1965....
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22.08.1960 - Feb. 16, 1965 - Havana, Cuba - FIDEL ALEJANDRO CASTRO RUIZ (born August 13, 1926) has been the ruler of Cuba since 1959, when, leading the 26th of July Movement, he overthrew the r...
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17.12.2014 - The US and Cuba announced an agreement between the two countries that will be a first step toward normalizing relations. PICTURED: Jan 10, 1985 - Managua, Nicaragua - FIDEL CASTRO...
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17.12.2014 - The US and Cuba announced an agreement between the two countries that will be a first step toward normalizing relations. PICTURED: Feb 01, 1976 - Havana, Cuba - Cuban dictator FIDE...
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15.06.1967 - Politik Fidel CASTRO(*1926), Kuba, Staatschef von Kuba seit 1959, bei einem Interview in einer Blockhuette, sitzt an einem Tisch, zieht verschmitzt lachend an einer Zigarre, blic...
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04.08.2006 - Fidel Castro sitzt an einem Schachbrett, Schach, macht gerade einen Zug, im Jahr1967 auf Kuba; Schwarzweissaufnahme; Fidel CASTRO (eigentlich: Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz), Kuba, P...
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01.01.1965 - Fidel Castro on a boat trip. Photograph. 1965.
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02.02.1961 - Feb 02, 1961 - Havana, Cuba - FIDEL ALEJANDRO CASTRO RUIZ (born August 13, 1926) has been the ruler of Cuba since 1959, when, leading the 26th of July Movement, he overthrew the re...
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17.12.2014 - The US and Cuba announced an agreement between the two countries that will be a first step toward normalizing relations. PICTURED: May 7, 1962 - Moscow, Russia - Cuban revolutionar...
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17.12.2014 - The US and Cuba announced an agreement between the two countries that will be a first step toward normalizing relations. PICTURED: Oct. 10, 1979 - Cuban Premier FIDEL CASTRO addres...
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16.04.1961 - Castro / Proclamation 16.4.1961 / Photo Castro Ruz, Fidel; Cuban politic.(since 1959 prime minist., since 1976 president of th.State Council), born 13.8.1927. - Proclamation by Ca...
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13.09.2013 - FIDEL CASTRO in Paris.(Credit: © Globe-ZUMA
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10.01.1985 - FILE IMAGE: January 10, 1985 - Managua, Nicaragua - FIDEL CASTRO in Managua supporting election of Sandinista FSLN candidate Ortega. Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz (born August 13, 192...
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17.12.2014 - The US and Cuba announced an agreement between the two countries that will be a first step toward normalizing relations. PICTURED: Jan 21, 1998 - Havana, Cuba - With POPE JOHN PAUL...
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17.12.2014 - The US and Cuba announced an agreement between the two countries that will be a first step toward normalizing relations. PICTURED: May 6, 1963 - Moscow, Russia - A Cuban revolution...
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20.09.2009 - Fidel Castro Memorial in der La Rampa, Havanna, Kuba
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04.08.2006 - Fidel Castro (r.), mit einem Baseballschlaeger, ganze Figur, umgeben von Landsleuten, im Jahr 1967 auf Kuba; Baseball; Fidel CASTRO (eigentlich: Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz), Kuba,...
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17.12.2014 - The US and Cuba announced an agreement between the two countries that will be a first step toward normalizing relations. PICTURED: Feb 02, 1961 - New York, New York, USA - FIDEL AL...
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17.12.2014 - The US and Cuba announced an agreement between the two countries that will be a first step toward normalizing relations. PICTURED: Jan 10, 1985 - Managua, Nicaragua - FIDEL CASTRO...
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17.12.2014 - Dec. 17, 2014 - FILE - The US and Cuba are to start talks to normalize diplomatic ties in a historic shift in relations between the two countries. The two countries have struck a p...
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11.09.2010 - (100911) -- HAVANA, Sep. 11, 2010 () -- Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro (C) attends the unveiling ceremony of his book "Strategic Counteroffensive," the second book on his revolut...
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01.01.2000 - April 19th 1959: Cuban leader, Fidel Castro (left) meets Vice-President Richard Nixon at the Capitol, Washington, USA. United States / Mono Negative
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04.08.2006 - Fidel Castro, Brustbild, zieht an seiner Zigarre, im Jahr 1967 auf Kuba; Fidel CASTRO (eigentlich: Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz), Kuba, Politik, Regierungschef von Kuba;
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01.01.1965 - Fidel Castro reading. Photograph. Around 1965.
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01.01.1920 - The birthplace of Fidel Castro. Mayarí, Cuba. Photograph. Around 1920
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01.01.1970 - Fidel Castro and Salvador Allende. Kuba. Photograph. Around 1970
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01.01.1965 - Fidel Castro, brother Ramon, his son and the daughter in law. Photograph. Around 1965.
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17.12.2014 - The US and Cuba announced an agreement between the two countries that will be a first step toward normalizing relations. PICTURED: Apr. 21, 1959 - Washington D.C., USA - Cuban revo...
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17.12.2014 - The US and Cuba announced an agreement between the two countries that will be a first step toward normalizing relations. PICTURED: Aug. 31, 1966 - FIDEL CASTRO gives an address to...
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01.04.1959 - April 01, 1959 - U.S. - FIDEL ALEJANDRO CASTRO RUIZ (born August 13, 1926), center right, during a visit to the U.S
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30.11.1957 - Der kubanische Rebellenführer Fidel Castro auf einem geheimen Urwaldstützpunkt, zusammen mit seinem Kommandostab: (r-l) Hauptmann Juan Almeida, Hauptmann George Sotus, beide sitzen...
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