Between The Wars 1919-1939 Mexico Edition By chadcl Period: Jan 1, 1919 to Dec 31, 1939 Between The World Wars Apr 10, 1919 Emiliano Zapata is assassinated at Chinameca on orders of Carranza. http://www.latinamericanstudies.org/mexican-revolution/mex-rev-chronology.htm May 21, 1920 Carranza is assassinated in the village of Tlaxcalantongo, Puebla. http://www.latinamericanstudies.org/mexican-revolution/mex-rev-chronology.htm May 24, 1920 Adolfo de la Huerta, Gov. of Sonora is made interim president http://mexicanhistory.org/MexicanRevolutiontimeline.htm Nov 30, 1920 Obregon elected president http://mexicanhistory.org/MexicanRevolutiontimeline.htm Jul 20, 1923 Assassination of Pancho Villa and his bodyguards in Parral. His executioners are never punished. http://www.latinamericanstudies.org/mexican-revolution/mex-rev-chronology.htm Jan 1, 1927 Cristero War officially began http://catholicunderthehood.com/2010/06/27/today-in-catholic-history-the-end-of-the-cristero-war/ Jul 17, 1928 Alvaro Obregón is reelected in 1928, but is killed this same year http://www.history.com/topics/mexico/mexico-timeline Jun 27, 1929 Cristero Rebellion ends http://catholicunderthehood.com/2010/06/27/today-in-catholic-history-the-end-of-the-cristero-war/ Dec 1, 1934 Lázaro Cárdenas, another former revolutionary general, is elected president http://www.history.com/topics/mexico/mexico-timeline Mar 18, 1938 Cárdenas nationalizes the country’s oil industry http://www.history.com/topics/mexico/mexico-timeline
