The Juárists had little trouble capturing Puebla, Orizaba, and Paso del Macho. On July 4, 1867, Vera Cruz fell. At Vera Cruz the Confederate exiles, fearing reprisals, patiently awaited transportation home
Source: Rolle (1965), The Lost Cause: The Confederate Exodus to Mexico. University of Oklahoma Press
1901: US Colonial Government Established in Philippines
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President McKinley establishes colonial government in Philippines, headed by William Howard Taft
Source: Schirmer and Shalom (1987), The Philippines Reader. South End Press, p. xvi
1956: US Launches Covert Operations and Surveillance in USSR
US begins U-2 surveillance flights over Soviet Union