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Events on Thursday 9 March 1916 1
1916Pancho Villa raids Columbus, New MexicoMexican revolutionary attacks a US border townMexican revolutionary Pancho Villa's forces attacked the town of Columbus, New Mexico, killing several American civilians and soldiers. The raid prompted the United States to launch the Punitive Expedition into Mexico under General John J. Pershing.