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On This Day: Emperor Agustín de Iturbide attempts to dissolve the Congress of the Mexican Empire.

Source: Today in History (history.muffinlabs.com) - CC BY-SA 3.0Short15 words

10/31 (1822): Emperor Agustín de Iturbide attempts to dissolve the Congress of the Mexican Empire.

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