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October 12

Cities around the world keep their histories on dates. Here is what happened on October 12 across the 1 editorial events Pyflo has so far catalogued for this date.

1 event 1 century 1 country

1542

Zapopan, Guadalajara form the historic, and cultural capital of Mexican Mexicanidad (Mexicanness)

Zapopan Mexico

Jalisco state is the birthplace of mariachi music, tequila, charrería (Mexican rodeo), ranchera music and the wider Mexican-traditional culture of global imagination; the Mexican federal-government and state-government promotion of Jalisco-identity has made the area's…

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