Tag: Mexico

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20th August 1940: Leon Trotsky attacked with an ice axe in Mexico

20th August 2022
Tagged as: Assassination, Communism, Mexico, Stalin, Trotsky

Leon Trotsky was fatally wounded with an ice axe by Spanish communist Ramón Mercader.

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19th February 1913: Pedro Lascurain began the world’s shortest ever presidency in Mexico

19th February 2022
Tagged as: Civil War, Mexico, Pedro Lascuráin, President

Pedro Lascuráin began the shortest presidential term in history when he became President of Mexico for less than an hour.

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27th September 1590: Pope Urban VII dies, ending the the shortest papal reign in history

27th September 2021
Tagged as: Catholicism, Europe, Mexico, Papacy, Papal States, Pope, Rome, Smoking, Tobacco, Urban VII, Urban VIII, Vatican

The shortest papacy in history ended after just twelve days following the death of Pope Urban VII, shortly after he introduced Europe’s first smoking ban.

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15th March 1916: U.S. General Pershing led the Punitive Expedition into Mexico to locate revolutionary leader Pancho Villa

15th March 2021
Tagged as: America, Mexican Revolution, Mexico, Pancho Villa, Punitive Expedition, United States, USA, Wilson, Woodrow Wilson

By January 1917 he was still no closer to being caught, and Pershing’s forces were ordered to withdraw and return to the United States.

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23rd February 1836: The Siege of the Alamo begins, lasting for thirteen days before the final battle

23rd February 2021
Tagged as: Alamo, America, Mexico, Revolution, Texas, United States, USA

Having received few reinforcements by the time the Mexicans attacked on 6 March, the Alamo’s defenders suffered a decisive defeat that is believed to have killed every soldier in the compound.