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Events on Friday 20 July 1923 1
1878 – 1923Pancho Villa (1878-1923)Died 20 July 1923, aged 45Pancho Villa was a leading general of the Mexican Revolution who commanded the Division del Norte and briefly controlled much of northern Mexico. After the revolution he retired to a ranch in Chihuahua, where he was assassinated in an ambush. He remains one of the most recognized figures of the Mexican Revolution.