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| The Encyclopedia of World History. 2001. |
| 1913, Feb. 9 | |
| The military garrison at Tacubaya rebelled against the Madero presidency, attacking the National Palace. The first counterrevolutionary attack failed, but the rebels retreated to the Citadel, and began a ten-day artillery battle—the Decena Trágica—in Mexico City, during which most of the victims were civilians. | 1 |
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| With the support of U.S. ambassador H. L. Wilson, VICTORIANO HUERTA (1854–1916), Madero's military commander, ARRESTED AND MURDERED THE PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT. Huerta then assumed leadership of the government. | 2 |
| The Encyclopedia of World History, Sixth edition. Peter N. Stearns, general editor. Copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Maps by Mary Reilly, copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. | |
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