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The Panama Canal took over 34 years to build from 1880-1914. It cost over 27000 workers their lives. The canal connected The Atlantic to The Pacific.
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Ford raises his minimum daily pay from $2.34 to $5 for his workers.
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Soldiers from Germany, Russia, France, and Britain call a truce with soldiers crossing no man land calling out "Merry Christmas" in their enemies' native tongues.
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The Zeppelin raids started in England. The zeppelins are able to fly at a higher altitude than the defenders planes. They are named after the man who created them. Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin.
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General John T. Thompson invents the submachine gun. It became the new weapon of choice in war.
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The Russian Revolution fight against Czarist Rule. This also begins the communist rule in Russia.
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The sinking of the American Housatonic and four more U.S. merchant ships cause the declaration of war against Germany.
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Czar Nicholas ll and his family are executed by the Bolsheviks bringing an end to the tree-century-old Romanov dynasty.
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Aron Manfred von Rishthofen is killed. He was credited with 80 confirmed air combat victories was killed in action during WW1.
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Fifty-five countries were represented and the League of Nations was formed.
