World History Minute: Panama Canal Opens
World History Minute: Panama Canal Opens
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On August 15, 1914—the Panama Canal opened. Historian John Schmidt tells us more on today’s World History Minute.
(photo: “Kroonland in Panama Canal, 1915” by Underwood & Underwood - http://www.jamd.com/search?text=‘Kroonland’. Wikimedia Commons)