Castro closes last Havana casino - Sept. 29, 1961




Fifty years ago..... From the Miami News, Sept. 29, 1961:

HAVANA (AP) - The last of Havana's gambling casinos closed down quietly within minutes after Fidel Castro had announced his government is cleaning up the city, once wide open.

Addressing a huge rally at Havana's Square of the Revolution, the prime minister promised measures to rehabilitate Havana's prostitutes and drive out white

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