Saturday, May 28, 2011

Today -100: May 28, 1911: Of opium and trains


Britain and China sign a treaty to end the opium trade by 1917.

An attack on the train taking Porfirio Díaz out of Mexico forever is fought off. Asked why he thought the attack occurred, Francisco Madero said, “Oh, I suppose they did not have much love for him.”

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