Porfirio Diaz was inaugurated for his eighth term as President of Mexico. His status in that role was already disputed. His refusal to know when to go had already started a revolution, although at this moment, it was small.
Diaz might actually be remembered as a great leader of Mexico, in spite of his anti democratic tendencies, had he stepped down in 1910.
19 year old Helen Taft, the daughter of President Taft and his wife Nellie, had her debutante ball at the White House.
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Miss Taft in 1908.
She was a historian and academic, and had an extraordinarily successful career. Her focus was history, and she obtained a doctorate from Yale.
Today In Wyoming's History: December 1: 1910 A bounty on coyotes in the amount of $1.25, a not unsubstantial amount at the time, established. Attribution: Wyoming State Historical Society.
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