Tuesday, June 7, 1910. Suppressing a rebellion, incorporating a town, birth of a famous photographer.

Mexican troops were dispatched to suppress an uprising by the Maya Indians in Yucatán.

Byron Wyoming was incorporated.

Farm Security Administration Marion Post Wolcott was born in New Jersey.

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Sunday, June 5, 1910. Death of O. Henry.

Labels: 1900s, 1910, The written word

Saturday, June 4, 1910. An attack during the Caste War of Yucatán.

Mayan rebels attacked the town of Valladolid, Mexico. They killed 40 people, including local police resulting in the dispatch of the gunboat Morelos with 600 troops.

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Wednesday, June 1, 1910. The first European American settlements on the banks of the Iditarod.

Labels: 1910, 1910s, Alaska, British Antarctic Expedition, Iditarod, Mining

Saturday, May 4, 1901. The Caste War of Yucatán ends.

The Caste War of Yucatán came to an end with General Ignacio Bravo marching his troops into the Mayan capital at Noh Cah Balam (Chan Santa Cruz).

The war had been running since 1847.

Italy rejected a request from the Ottoman Empire to help prevent the settlement of foreign Jews in Palestine.

It was a Saturday.  Some interesting items.

A lot of people in the Middle East may be asking the same question Judge did, in light of the U.S. war on Iran which has been clothed in some circles with Protestant millenialism.

While there probably are some merits to not starting out too near the top, it seems an older generation is always willing to suggest the youngest one needs to start at the bottom.

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Friday, May 3, 1901. The Panic of 1901.

Labels: 1900s, 1901, Disaster, Economics, Florida, Florida (Jacksonville), Panic of 1901