Taft and Díaz First U.S.-Mexico Summit, Assassination Attempt October 16, 1909
William Howard Taft and Porfirio Díaz hold the first summit between a U.S. and a Mexican president. They narrowly escape assassination.
Date: October 16, 1909
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