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| c. 1900 |
| | | Rubber brings prosperity to Manaus, thousands of miles up the Amazon | |
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| 1901 |
| | | The Texas oil industry is launched with the disovery of the 75,000-barrel-a-day Lucas Gusher near Beaumont | |
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| 1902 |
| | | Venezuela defaults on European interest payments and is soon threatened by British, German and Italian warships | |
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| 1903 |
| | | The Colombian government rejects the Hay-Herrán treaty with the US on the Panama canal, thus prompting the break-away of Panama | |
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| 1903 |
| | | William Harley and three Davidson brothers begin the commercial production in Milwaukee of motorcycles, but complete only three by the end of the year | |
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| 1903 |
| | | Britain's first national motor show is organized at the Crystal Palace, moving two years later to Olympia | |
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| 1903 |
| | | The USA is granted exclusive control in perpetuity of a ten-mile corridor across Panama, suitable for a canal | |
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| 1905 |
| | | The largest diamond yet known is found in a South African mine belonging to Thomas Cullinan | |
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| 1905 |
| | | The first soviet ("council") of workers is set up in St Petersburg, introducing a word of great significance in Russian Communist history | |
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| 1906 |
| | | The Grain Growers' Grain Company is established, soon becoming an important element in Canada's grain market | |
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