Leon Trotsky was fatally wounded with an ice axe by Spanish communist Ramón Mercader.
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10th November 1871: Henry Morton Stanley locates Dr David Livingstone in Africa
10th November 2017
Leon Trotsky in hospital after ice axe attack
20th August 2019
20th August 1940: Leon Trotsky attacked with an ice axe in Mexico
20th September 1066: Harald Hardrada wins Battle of Fulford
20th September 2019
19th September 1879: The Blackpool Illuminations turned on for the first time
19th September 2019
18th September 1931: Manchurian Crisis begins after Japanese bomb
18th September 2019
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2018
9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall
9th November 2017
