1904 ⟶ U.S. Begins Panama Canal Construction & Yellow Fever Eradication Efforts
May: U.S. begins construction of the Panama Canal and eradic...
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📞 First Commercial Telephone Exchange Established
First commercial telephone exchange in New Haven, Connecticut.A barricade in the Paris Commune, 18 March 1871. Around 30,000 Parisians were killed, and thousands more were later executed.⟶
CommunicationInfrastructure
United States🇵🇦 Panama's Independence and US Treaty
November 18: Independence of Panama, the Hay–Bunau-Varilla Treaty is signed by the United States and Panama.⟶
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PanamaUnited States🚢 U.S. Begins Panama Canal Construction & Yellow Fever Eradication Efforts
May: U.S. begins construction of the Panama Canal and eradication of yellow fever.⟶
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United StatesPanama🚊 Articulated Trams Introduced in Boston
The first use of articulated trams by Boston Elevated Railway.⟶
TransportationUrban DevelopmentPublic TransitInfrastructure
United States🚢 Panama Canal Opens
August 15: Panama Canal opens.⟶
CanalsTradeShippingInfrastructurePanamaTransportationImperialismEconomic Development
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