Thursday, August 31, 1911. Federal troops surround Cuautla, Morelos.

Dutch aviator and inventor Anthony Fokker made his first flight.

Federal troops surrounded Cuautla, Morelos.

Zapata, now being sought for arrest, fled to the countryside.

Civil War era general Benjamin Grierson, who later organized the African American 10th Cavalry Regiment, died at age 85.  At that time, about him, it was stated:

The only White officer who supports the unit is Regimental Commanding Officer Colonel Benjamin Grierson. Ostracized by other officers for his enthusiastic command of the African-American troops, Grierson believes in the abilities, dedication, and record of performance of the Buffalo Soldiers and declines offers to lead at any other post. General Pike offers to relieve Grierson 'of this self-imposed exile and have him commanding a real cavalry regiment within a month,' but Grierson refuses.

The Standard Oil Company of New Jersey ceased to exist due to being broken up under the Sherman Antitrust Act, a statutes which should be widely applied to our economy today.

San Fernando, California, was incorporated.

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Wednesday, August 30, 1911. Hat in the ring.

Labels: 1910s, 1911, Coal, Francisco I. Madero, geography, Indiana (Bloomington), Japan, Mexico, Politics, United Kingdom, United States

Saturday, May 13, 1911. Massacre of Torreón

 

Maderistas took the railroad hub of Torreón in Coahuila.  After they entered the city, they killed 300 Chinese residents.  The event is the largest one of its type committed by Mexican revolutionaries during the war, but it was not the only one.

Zapata's forces attacked Cuautla.

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Friday, May 12, 1911. On to Mexico City.

Labels: 1910s, 1911, Catholic, Christianity, Francisco I. Madero, Maderistas, Mexican Revolution, Mexico, Mexico (Juarez), Mexico (Mexico City), Pancho Villa, Pascual Orozco, Protestant, religion

Thursday, May 11, 1911. Madero creates a provisional cabinet.

Francisco I. Madero set up a provisional cabinet and declared himself the head of the provisional government following the capture of Juarez by his troops.

Zapata's forces moved to encircle Cuautla in Morelos.

American site seers crossed from El Paso into Juarez to see the just captured city.

Gen. Navarro, who surrendered to the rebels at Juarez, was reinstated into the Mexican Army under Huerta.  Already in his 60s, he served one more year and retired in 1914.  He died in 1934 at age 92 and is buried in Juarez.

Taft clearly demonstrated that he had a much better understanding on what intervening in foreign locations with arms meant as compared to our current "president".

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Wednesday, May 10, 1911. Madero takes Juarez in spite of himself.

Labels: 1910s, 1911, Battle of Ciudad Juárez, Maderistas, Magonistas, Mexican Revolution, Mexico, Mexico (Juarez), Pancho Villa, Pascual Orozco