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Juan Escutia Olivares (15 December 1895 – 5 October 1933) was a Mexican sprinter. [2] He competed in the men's 400 metres at the 1924 Summer Olympics . [ 3 ] He was killed after being hit by a train in 1933.
Juan Escutia was born between 1828 and 1832 in Tepic, now the capital of the state of Nayarit. Records show he was admitted to the academy as a cadet on 8 September 1847—five days before the fateful battle—but his other papers were lost during the assault.
At the end of the battle five cadets – Juan Escutia (who reportedly leapt to his death wrapped in the Flag of Mexico), Agustin Melgar, Francisco Marquez, Fernando Montes de Oca, and Vicente Suárez – and faculty member Lieutenant Juan de la Barrera all refused to retreat and died in a final stand as the "young heroes" of Academy legend. An ...
On September 8, 1847, Scott ordered William Worth to use his force of 3,250 men against the Molino del Rey building, approximately 1,000 yards from the castle itself. [2] This was known as the costly Battle of Molino del Rey , where U.S. forces had managed to drive the Mexicans from their positions near the base of Chapultepec Castle guarding ...
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Palacio de los Deportes (English: Sports Palace) is an indoor arena located in Mexico City, Mexico. It is within the Magdalena Mixhuca Sports City complex, near the Mexico City International Airport and in front of the Foro Sol , in which sports and artistic events are also celebrated.
Juan de Medrano was a Moorish nobleman born into the House of Medrano, one of the most powerful families in the Province of Soria. [3] Medrano lived in what is now the Hermitage of the Virgin of the Forsaken (Virgen de los Desamparados, most likely a former mosque) in the Moorish Quarter of Ágreda. [4]
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