The Battle of the Alamo took place between February 23 and March 6, 1836. The battle consisted of a thirteen day siege proceeding an all out attack from the Alamo Mission near what is now San Antonio, Texas. The battle left an estimated 300 of the Mexican forces killed or wounded and just two of the Republic of Texas surviving. I believe that this battle really helped to cement the idea of secession into the minds of the Texians and pushed them to revolt. President Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, the president of Mexico at the time, started to move the governmental system of Mexico towards a dictatorship.
On September 11, 1973 a military coupe occurred. The heads of all the major branches of the Chilean military went against Allende. The only support he still had were the police, but since all phone lines were cut he assumed he still had some support from the military. At the sight of the military storming his stronghold he commited suicide and General Auguste Pinochet assumed power until
Then in 1930 Trujillo ran against Horocio Vasquez for presidency, and fraudulently claimed ninety five percent of the votes. Once he was placed in power in 1931, he used The National Guard to terrorize and banished all civilian opponents (persons who were against him). Although the was a dictator, the also made some good changes to the country like, an increases on exports , the abolition of the 1905 treaty which gave the U.S control of the Dominican custom houses, and also, by 1947 the
The 35th President of the United States, John F. Kennedy, was assassinated by rogue elements in the United States government and American Security Services (CIA, FBI, Secret Service, etc).By analysing evidence from the Warren Commission, The House Select Committee on Assassinations, FBI reports, the Zapruder and Hughes films and the many conspiracy theories that exist, we can conclude who assassinated President John F. Kennedy. At around 12.30pm on the 22nd of November 1963, John Kennedy was shot on Elm Street in Dallas, Texas. He was shot twice, once in the head and once in the back, a third shot had injured Texas governor Connally. Kennedy and Connally were then rushed to the Parkland Memorial Hospital and placed in separate emergency
His next wife was Statilia Messalina, whose first husband Nero had executed. In 68 AD, the Gallic and Spanish legions, along with the Praetorian Guards, rose against Nero and he fled Rome. The senate declared him a public enemy and he committed suicide on 9 June 68 AD. Disputes over his succession led to civil war in Rome. Nero.
[citation needed] The March 26 murder of eight student antigovernment demonstrators, widely believed to have been carried out by Oviedo supporters, made it clear that the Senate would vote to remove Cubas on March 29, and Cubas resigned on March 28. [citation needed] Senate President Luis González Macchi, a Cubas opponent, was peacefully sworn in as president the same
Grace Strandoo Language Arts, 10-2 January 22, 2013 Sacrifices Made by Las Mariposas Rafael Trujillo, commonly nicknamed El Jefe (The Boss), governed the Dominican Republic from 1930 up until his assassination in 1961. Trujillo was only formally president from 1930 to 1938 and from 1942 to 1952; he sustained unqualified power as a military strongman, with puppet presidents taken from his ring of family and close friends. During his regime, Trujillo authorized the killing of thousands of Haitians, who were trying to cross the border. In a time of such darkness for this country an underground revolution was started. The Mirabal sisters played a prominent role in the revolution.
A CIA operative, Lucien Conein, provided some Vietnamese generals with $40,000 to overthrow Diem with the added guarantee that the United States would not protect the South Vietnamese leader. Diem was overthrown and killed in November 1963.
The battle of Celaya, which occurred from april 6-15 in 1915, would be one of the bloodiest battles of the revolution in which Villa was defeated.The United States, shortly after, would recognize Venustiano Carranza as the President of Mexico. Outraged with the betrayal of the United States, Villa would invade US soil in Columbus Ohio, and once again, would be defeated by US troops. For years to come, Villa would continue to build his army but never again regained the power he once had. In 1923 Villa was assassinated in the back seat of his car. Zapata, on the other hand, was also defeated and was also betrayed.
Born |Michael King, Jr. January 15, 1929(1929-01-15) Atlanta, Georgia, United States | | |Parents |Martin Luther King, Sr. | | |Alberta Williams King | On April 4, 1968 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was assassinated by a sniper as he stood on the balcony of his hotel room in Memphis, TN. Martin Luther King is probably the most famous person associated with the civil rights movement. King was active from the start of the Montgomery Bus Boycott of 1955 to 1956 until his murder in April 1968. To many Martin Luther King epitomised what the civil rights campaign was all about and he brought massive international cover to the movement. Dr.