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1906
 
  
The Great Valparaiso Earthquake damages much of central Chile and is felt from Peru to Buenos Aires     
1909
 
   
President Taft sends marines to Nicaragua after the government there executes two US citizens      
1910
 
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A revolution begins in Mexico that will last ten years before being resolved     
1911
 
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President Taft sends US marines to Honduras to protect American banana interests during a spell of political turmoil      
1911
 
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Emiliano Zapata leads peasant groups in the Mexican revolution, under the slogan 'Land and Liberty'      
1912
 
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President Taft sends US marines into Nicaragua during a period of disorder      
1913
 
   
A new and spectacular Grand Central Station opens in New York, designed by Charles Reed and Alan Stern      
1914
 
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The Panama Canal opens to shipping on a neutral basis just two weeks after the start of World War I       
1920
 
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Ten years of violent revolution in Mexico are brought to and end in a successful coup by Alvaro Obregón      
1922
 
   
Diego Rivera, returning from his study of Italian frescoes, begins the first of his influential murals depicting Mexican history