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Events on Thursday 25 May 1911 1
1911Resignation of Porfirio DiazMexican dictator steps down after decades in powerFacing military defeats and the advance of Francisco Madero's revolutionary forces, President Porfirio Diaz resigned on 25 May 1911 after ruling Mexico for over three decades. He went into exile in France. His departure opened a new, turbulent phase of the Mexican Revolution.