1909 – Workers start pouring concrete for the Panama Canal.
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79 – Mount Vesuvius erupts. The cities of Pompeii, Herculaneum, and Stabiae are buried in volcanic ash.
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Today in History – August 24
1909 – Workers start pouring concrete for the Panama Canal.
79 – Mount Vesuvius erupts. The cities of Pompeii, Herculaneum, and Stabiae are buried in volcanic ash.