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| 1907 |
| | | Dutch and British companies (Royal Dutch Oil, Shell Transport and Trading) merge to form Royal Dutch Shell Oil | |
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| 1907 |
| | | Collapse of trust companies causes panic and financial crisis in USA | |
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| 1908 |
| | | The Burman Oil Company, developing a concession granted in 1901 to William Knox D'Arcy, discovers oil in Iran | |
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| 1908 |
| | | Coffee replaces sugar as Brazil's main crop, accounting for more than 50% of exports in 1908 | |
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| 1908 |
| | | The first Model T Ford rolls off the production line at the Piquette Avenue Plant in Detroit | |
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| 1909 |
| | | US entrepreneur Gordon Selfridge opens the first British custom-built department store on London's Oxford Street | |
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| 1909 |
| | | Mineral discoveries on the border of Northern Rhodesia and the Belgian Congo give the first hint of the riches of the Copper Belt | |
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| 1910 |
| | | The Gimbel family open their flagship department store in Manhattan | |
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| 1910 |
| | | Elizabeth Arden opens her first beauty salon on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan | |
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| 1910 |
| | | Ferdinand Zeppelin's dirigible Deutschland provides the first commercial air service for passengers | |
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