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In 1863, when the Civil War was raging in the United States, Emperor Maximilian, backed by the French Army, had taken Mexico City.

Juana Inés Ramírez was born out of wedlock to a Spanish captain and the daughter of a wealthy landowner in a village outside of Mexico City in 1651.

Ellen Ochoa was 11 years old when humans first walked on the moon. In those days, women were not even considered as candidates for the NASA space program.

When I was 14 years old, my father owned the garden supply store next to the famous grass courts in Newport. RI. called the Newport Casino, and now known as the International Tennis Hall of Fame.

John Riley, the 28-year-old Irishman who is credited with organizing the San Patricio Battalion during the Mexican War, has been the subject of much speculation in recent years. Much of it has come about because of renewed interest in Irish/Mexican relations.

The years 1861-65 were critical ones in the United States, with the country divided and fighting a bloody Civil War.