Historical place archive

Mexico City in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Mexico City in Belgium. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

2 records2 event labels2 people1970–1972

Historical events in Mexico City

1970

3 June 1970
Two Goals Against El Salvador
Wilfried Van Moer · Football

Scores twice as Belgium defeat El Salvador 3-0 at the World Cup.

1972

1972
World Record
Edouard Louis Joseph Merckx · Cycling

Merckx sets the bicycle hour speed record covering 49.431 km at high altitude in Mexico City

Provenance

About these place records

These entries are generated from stored World History Database records whose country and place fields match Belgium and Mexico City. Names, dates, event labels and descriptions are reviewed and normalised as the database develops. Historical place names may not match modern administrative boundaries.

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