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Events on Thursday 10 April 1919 1
1879 – 1919Emiliano Zapata (1879-1919)Died 10 April 1919, aged 39Zapata led peasant revolutionary forces in southern Mexico during the Mexican Revolution, fighting under the banner of land reform and the slogan "Tierra y Libertad." He was ambushed and killed by government soldiers at Chinameca and became a lasting symbol of agrarian revolt.