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  2. Flag of Mexico - Wikipedia

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    One possible reason for the 1968 flag and arms change was that Mexico City was the host of the 1968 Summer Olympic Games. [9] Around this same period, the plain tricolor flag that Mexico used as its merchant ensign was also legally abandoned. The reasoning is that without the coat of arms, the flag would become nearly identical to the Italian ...

  3. List of Mexican flags - Wikipedia

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    Three Guarantees army flag (1820-1821) Iturbide 's infantry (1821) Flag used by Mexican Royalists in 1808. Mexican Insurgents (naval) used in 1815. Mexican Insurgents (parliamentary) used in 1815. Mexican Insurgents (commercial) used in 1815.

  4. History of the flags of Mexico - Wikipedia

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    The Flag of Mexico adopted in 1968. By the 20th century, President Venustiano Carranza restored the eagle in profile standing on a nopal cactus and holding a rattlesnake in its beak: the image appears bordered by a semicircle of laurel and oak leaves. The flag was first hoisted on 15 September 1915 to symbolise the end of Spanish rule.

  5. Tlatelolco massacre - Wikipedia

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    Injured. +1000. The Tlatelolco massacre ( Spanish: La Masacre de Tlatelolco) was a military massacre committed against the students of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), the National Polytechnic Institute (IPN), and other universities in Mexico. The massacre followed a series of large demonstrations called the Mexican Movement ...

  6. 1968 Olympics Black Power salute - Wikipedia

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    Category. v. t. e. During their medal ceremony in the Olympic Stadium in Mexico City on October 16, 1968, two African-American athletes, Tommie Smith and John Carlos, each raised a black-gloved fist during the playing of the US national anthem, "The Star-Spangled Banner". While on the podium, Smith and Carlos, who had won gold and bronze medals ...

  7. 1968 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia

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    The 1968 Summer Olympics ( Spanish: Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968 ), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad ( Spanish: Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada) and officially branded as Mexico 1968 ( Spanish: México 1968 ), were an international multi-sport event held from 12 to 27 October 1968 in Mexico City, Mexico.

  8. Timeline of national flags - Wikipedia

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    1968 Mauritius: Mexico: 1519 1821 1821 1823 1864 1867 1893 1916 1934 1968 Mexico: Micronesia: 1885 1899 1914 1919 1944 1947 1965 1979 Micronesia: Moldova: 1396 1834 1866 1883 1917 1919 1925 1937 1938 1940 1952 1990 2010 Moldova: 1859 1862 1867 Monaco: 1793 1881 1942 1945 Monaco: Mongolia: 1862 1890 1911 1924 1930 1940 1945 1992 2011 Mongolia ...

  9. National symbols of Mexico - Wikipedia

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    The national symbols of Mexico are the flag, the most coat of arms and the anthem. The flag is a vertical tricolor of green, white, and red. The flag is a vertical tricolor of green, white, and red. The coat of arms features a golden eagle eating a snake on top of a cactus.

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