▁Ji ang ▁Q ing , ▁Chinese ▁politician , ▁wife ▁of ▁Ma o ▁Z ed ong , ▁Cultural ▁Revolution ▁leader , ▁in ▁Zh uch eng , ▁China ▁( d . ▁ 1 9 9 1 ) ▁ ▁D ied : ▁Giuseppe ▁Mer cal li , ▁Italian ▁ge ologist , ▁developer ▁of ▁the ▁Mer cal li ▁scale ▁to ▁measure ▁earth qu akes , ▁accident ally ▁burn ed ▁to ▁death ▁( b . ▁ 1 8 5 0 ) ▁ ▁March ▁ 2 0 , ▁ 1 9 1 4 ▁( F rid ay ) ▁ ▁Pan cho ▁Villa ▁sent ▁a ▁force ▁of ▁ 1 2 , 0 0 0 ▁men ▁to ▁re capt ure ▁Torre ón , ▁Co ahu ila , ▁Mexico ▁from ▁ 9 , 0 0 0 ▁federal ▁troops ▁station ed ▁in ▁the ▁city . ▁ ▁Cur rag h ▁incident ▁– ▁British ▁Army ▁officers ▁station ed ▁at ▁the ▁Cur rag h ▁Camp ▁res igned ▁their ▁comm issions ▁rather ▁than ▁be ▁ordered ▁to ▁resist ▁action ▁by ▁Union ist ▁Ul ster ▁Vol unte ers ▁if ▁the ▁Home ▁Rule ▁Bill ▁was ▁passed . ▁The ▁government ▁back ed ▁down ▁and ▁they ▁were ▁re inst ated . ▁▁ ▁Over ▁ 9 , 0 0 0 ▁French ▁citizens ▁attended ▁the ▁fun eral ▁of ▁newspaper ▁editor ▁Gast on ▁Cal m ette ▁in ▁Paris . ▁The ▁editor ▁of ▁the ▁Le ▁Fig aro ▁was ▁assass in ated ▁on ▁March ▁ 1 6 . ▁ ▁The ▁first ▁U . S . ▁Figure ▁Sk ating ▁Championships ▁were ▁held ▁in ▁New ▁H aven , ▁Connecticut