Thursday, April 13, 1911. Rebel victory at Agua Prieta.

Mexican Revolutionaries defeated government troops at Auga Prieta.

The Sonoran border town was near Douglas, Arizona, where two Americans were killed by stray gunfire.

The House of Representatives passed the bill for a constitutional amendment allowing for the direct election of Senators.

Country Club, Asheville, N.C.

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Wednesday, April 12, 1911. First date of authorization for the Mexican Service Medal. Navy Aviator No. 1. Shortest baseball game.

Labels: 1910, 1911, Aircraft, baseball, Mexican Border War, U.S. Navy

Tuesday, April 4, 1911. 62nd Congress convenes.

The 62nd United States Congress convened with a Democratic majority.

The Japan-United States Treaty of Commerce and Navigation ratifications were exchanged at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, as the Emperor Meiji, Prime Minister Katsura, and Foreign Minister Komura welcomed Ambassador O'Brien.

Former bandit and later revolutionary Antonio Carrasco died of wounds sustained in the fight over Juarez.

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Monday, April 3, 1911. Racism in San Antonio.

Labels: 1910s, 1911, cavalry, Conscription, Ethnicities, Mexican Revolution, New Zealand, Racism, Teenagers, Texas (San Antonio), William Howard Taft

Tuesday, November 8, 1910. The Republican Party loses the House.

The Republican Party lost control of the House of Representatives.  The 62nd Congress would have 230 Democrats, 162 Republicans, one Progressive Republican, now an extinct species, and the first Socialist ever elected to Congress, incoming U.S. Representative Victor L. Berger of Milwaukee.

Overall, politics were swinging leftward, with the Democrats, which had been the conservative party, beginning their slow migration to the left.

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Monday, November 7, 1910. Dawn of commercial aviation.

Labels: 1910, 1910s, Aircraft, boats and ships, Royal Canadian Navy