Today's date: July. 19, 2008

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Year	Events
1824	Augustin de Iturbide, emperor of Mexico from May 1822 to March 1823, is captured and shot at Padilla, Tamaulipas, by order of a death decree issued following his abdication. Iturbide first opened the door for the Anglo-American settlement of Texas by granting permission for Stephen F. Austin to establish his colony.

Sources: Texas Almanac, Handbook of Texas, Texas State Library & Archives Commission, Texas Historical Commission, Dallas Web Sites research