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August 15, 2012 By Special to People’s World

On August 15, 1914, the Panama Canal officially opened, after 32 years of construction and an estimated 28,000 worker deaths.

August 13, 2012 By Special to People’s World

The first to do so was Opha Mae Johnson.

August 10, 2012 By Special to People’s World

A five-man Central Executive Council was established, dues were set, and the official motto became "Schedule with Safety."

August 9, 2012 By Joseph Zimmermann

The capitalist industrialists of Nazi Germany were instrumental in the political rise and installation of Adolph Hitler as master of Germany.

August 8, 2012 By Special to People’s World

UFCW union was formed when the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workers of North America merged with the Retail Clerks International Union.