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National Railways of Mexico was a public organism reated by Porfirio Díaz. It was a contribution between the federal governmet and some private companies. This started an expansion of Railways among the country.
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For the first time, Mexico exports a large amount of petroleum abroad. This was to the USA, Europe and Latin America.
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Vsevolod Abramovich invented an aircraft based of the designs of the Wright brothers, with an undercarriage included. On this date, he broke several records on the Berlin Competition 1912. This invention marked the way for new aircrafts to be produced with every time more people on board.
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A goup of petroleum companies joined together to form this asociation in response to the promulgation of the Constitution of 1917, which gave the nation control over the undersoil on the Article 27.
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The Ioffe Physical-Technical Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences was founded in Petrograd (St. Petersbourg). It is one of Russia's largest research and technology institutions.
