Trotsky Assassinated in Mexico City by Ice Axe, August 20, 1940
In Mexico City, exiled Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky is fatally wounded with an ice axe by Ramรณn Mercader. He dies the next day.
Date: August 20, 1940
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