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1904
Jun 28
| 1904 • U.S. Army engineers begin work on The Panama Canal. |
1920
Age: 15y
| 1920 • Irish War of Independence: The Restoration of Order in Ireland Act, passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom, receives Royal Assent, providing for Irish Republican Army activists to be tried by court-martial rather than by jury in criminal courts. |
1949
Dec 25
Age: 45y
| 1949 • Samuel Putnam publishes his new translation of Don Quixote, the first in what we would consider modern English. It is instantly acclaimed and, in 2008, is still in print. |