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To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (49763)	3/9/2006 6:18:16 AM
From: IQBAL LATIF	Respond to of 50167

THIS DAY IN HISTORY PANCHO VILLA RAIDS U.S.: March 9, 1917 In the early morning of March 9, 1917, several hundred Mexican guerrillas under the command of Francisco "Pancho" Villa cross the U.S.-Mexican border and attack the small border town of Columbus, New Mexico. Seventeen Americans were killed in the raid, and the center of town was burned. It was unclear whether Villa personally participated in the attack, but President Woodrow Wilson ordered the U.S. Army into Mexico to capture the rebel leader dead or alive.Before he invaded the United States, Pancho Villa was already known to Americans for his exploits during the Mexican Revolution. He led the famous Divisin del Norte, with its brilliant cavalry, Los Dorados, and won control of northern Mexico after a series of audacious attacks. In 1914, following the resignation of Mexican leader Victoriano Huerta, Pancho Villa and his former revolutionary ally Venustiano Carranza battled each other in a struggle for succession. By the end of 1915, Villa had been driven north into the mountains, and the U.S. government recognized General Carranza as the president of Mexico.In January 1916, to protest President Woodrow Wilson's support for Carranza, Villa executed 16 U.S. citizens at Santa Isabel in northern Mexico. Then, in early March, he ordered the raid on Columbus. Cavalry from the nearby Camp Furlong U.S. Army outpost pursued the Mexicans, killing several dozen rebels on U.S. soil and in Mexico before turning back. On March 15, under orders from President Wilson, U.S. Brigadier General John J. Pershing launched a punitive expedition into Mexico to capture Villa and disperse his rebels. The expedition eventually involved some 10,000 U.S. troops and personnel. It was the first U.S. military operation to employ mechanized vehicles, including automobiles and airplanes.For 11 months, Pershing failed to capture the elusive revolutionary, who was aided by his intimate knowledge of the terrain of northern Mexico and his popular support from the people there. Meanwhile, resentment over the U.S. intrusion into Mexican territory led to a diplomatic crisis with the government in Mexico City. On June 21, the crisis escalated into violence when Mexican government troops attacked a detachment of the 10th Cavalry at Carrizal, Mexico, leaving 12 Americans dead, 10 wounded, and 24 captured. The Mexicans suffered more than 30 dead. If not for the critical situation in Europe, war might have been declared. In January 1917, having failed in their mission to capture Villa, and under continued pressure from the Mexican government, the Americans were ordered home.Villa continued his guerrilla activities in northern Mexico until Adolfo de la Huerta took power over the government and drafted a reformist constitution. Villa entered into an amicable agreement with Huerta and agreed to retire from politics. In 1920, the government pardoned Villa, but three years later he was assassinated at his ranch in Parral. ------------------------------------------------------------------ MORE GENERAL INTEREST 1841 Supreme Court rules on Amistad mutiny 1847 U.S. forces land at Vera Cruz 1862 Battle of the Ironclads 1932 China's last emperor is Japanese puppet historychannel.com AMER. REVOLUTION 1781 Spanish siege of Pensacola begins historychannel.com AUTOMOTIVE 1901 Olds On Fire historychannel.com CIVIL WAR 1862 U.S.S. Monitor battles C.S.S. Virginia historychannel.com COLD WAR 1954 Republican senators criticize Joseph McCarthy historychannel.com CRIME 1997 Rapper Notorious B.I.G. is killed in Los Angeles historychannel.com DISASTER 1981 Japanese power plant leaks radioactive waste historychannel.com ENTERTAINMENT 1938 Bob Hope's film debut historychannel.com LITERARY 1913 Virginia Woolf delivers her first novel, The Voyage Out historychannel.com OLD WEST 1916 Pancho Villa attacks Columbus, New Mexico historychannel.com PRESIDENTIAL 1954 Eisenhower criticizes McCarthy historychannel.com VIETNAM WAR 1965 Marines continue to land at Da Nang historychannel.com WALL STREET 1933 The Emergency Banking Act historychannel.com WORLD WAR I 1916 Germany declares war on Portugal historychannel.com WORLD WAR II 1945 Firebombing of Tokyo historychannel.com

To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (49763)	3/10/2006 4:47:51 AM
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THIS DAY IN HISTORY 241 BC - Rome defeated Carthage in the Battle of the Aegates Islands, ending the First Punic War. 1831 - The French Foreign Legion was established by King Louis-Philippe (pictured) to support his war in Algeria. 1861 - Toucouleur forces led by El Hadj Umar Tall seized Ségou and conquered the Bambara Empire in presentday Mali. 1906 - More than a thousand coal miners were killed in the Courrières mine disaster in Northern France. 1952 - Forbidden by law to seek re-election, former President Fulgencio Batista staged a coup d'état to resume control in Cuba.

To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (49763)	4/18/2006 7:31:16 AM
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THIS DAY IN HISTORY Albert Einstein One of the most creative intellects in human history was Albert Einstein, who died in Princeton, New Jersey, this day in 1955 and whose advanced theories of relativity and gravitation revolutionized science and philosophy. The midnight ride of Paul Revere On the night of April 18, 1775, Paul Revere rode to warn American patriots northwest of Boston that … 1775: Paul Revere, a renowned silversmith, is better remembered as a folk hero of the American Revolution who this night in 1775 made a dramatic ride on horseback to warn Boston-area residents of an imminent British attack. 1980: Zimbabwe achieved its independence from the United Kingdom. 1945: During the U.S. invasion of the Japanese island of Okinawa in World War II, American war correspondent Ernie Pyle was killed on nearby Ie Island by Japanese gunfire. 1506: Pope Julius II laid the first stone of the new St. Peter's Basilica in Rome.