March 9, 1916. Pancho Villa raids the sleepy border town of Columbus, New Mexico, killing 18 Americans, mostly civilians, and losing 70 to 75 of his own men. General John J. "Black Jack" Pershing would later lead an expedition into Mexico to find Villa, which proved unsuccessful, although it would prove instrumental in preparing Pershing and the soldiers involved for their participation in WWI.
More on the raid and on historic Columbus can be found here: http://web.nmsu.edu/~publhist/colhist.htmAlso, on this day in 1997, rapper Notorious B.I.G. was gunned down in Los Angeles.
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