Plenty of Nothing

Frida Kahlo Noh Mask

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Popocatépetl

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Pancho Villa

Mexican revolutionary leader Pancho Villa was gunned down on this date in 1923. Source.

Don Quijote by José Guadalupe Posada

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Three Amigos, 1957

The first ever meeting of a Canadian Prime Minister (St. Laurent) and a Mexican President (Cortines) took place at White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia in March, 1957, at the invitation of US President Eisenhower, 37 years before NAFTA. Source.

Iturbide

Agustin de Iturbide, aka Emperor Agustin, abdicated on this date in 1823, bringing the First Mexican Empire to a close. Here he is on an 8 reales piece. Source.

Flapper Torera, 1928

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Day of the Dead Barbie

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The Fall of Tenochtitlan

The Spaniards captured the Axtec capital Tenochtitlan on this date in 1521. Source.

 

Toreo de Tijuana, 1964

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