Today's famous episode date is August 15, 1914. It was a day that benefited many countries around the world and made getting goods from one place to another much easier. Think you know what happened on that day? Listen to find out!

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“Advertisement - Page 10.” Essex County Herald (Island Pond, Vermont), August 14, 1914. www.newspaper.com.

AFP. “Memories of German WWI Atrocities Haunt Belgium.” YouTube. YouTube, August 20, 2014. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpeTjaQbQ9Y.

“Battle of Dinant.” Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, December 13, 2020. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Dinant.

“Heroine of the Signal Box.” Essex County Herald (Island Pond, Vermont), August 14, 1914. www.newspapers.com.

History.com Editors. “Panama Canal Open to Traffic.” History.com. A&E Television Networks, February 9, 2010. https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/panama-canal-open-to-traffic.

History.com Editors. “World War I.” History.com. A&E Television Networks, October 29, 2009. https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-i/world-war-i-history#:~:text=The%20spark%20that%20ignited%20World,Princip%20on%20June%2028%2C%201914.&text=The%20spark%20that%20ignited%20World,Princip%20on%20June%2028%2C%201914.

“Motor Car Trip at Small Cost.” The Evening Herald (Fall River, Massachusetts), August 15, 1914.

“Panama Opened to Commerce of the World; Goethals Makes First Trip Across.” The Tampa Times (Tampa, Florida), August 14, 1914. www.newspapers.com.

“War News at a Glance.” Chadron Record (Chadron, Nebraska), August 14, 1914. www.newspapers.com.