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The serendipitous sighting of seepage helped Weetman Pearson become the pioneer of this industry in Mexico |
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$400 |
DJ |
MEXICAN HISTORY |
2013-04-09 |
#6582 |
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This discovery in 1959 turned Libya from one of the poorest into one of the wealthiest countries in Africa |
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$200 |
DJ |
THE HISTORY OF LIBYA |
2000-09-27 |
#3693 |
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Using the linseed type, 15th century Flemish painters pioneered this painting substance |
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$200 |
DJ |
ART HISTORY |
1999-12-16 |
#3519 |
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Between 1972 & 1974, the price of this quadrupled to about $11 a barrel |
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$100 |
J |
THE 1970s |
1995-12-04 |
#2591 |
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In 1986 the price of this plunged below $10 per barrel |
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$300 |
J |
THE 1980s |
1994-06-06 |
#2261 |
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In the 1970s Arab countries put an embargo on shipments of this to the U.S. & the Netherlands |
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$200 |
DJ |
HISTORY |
1993-10-06 |
#2088 |
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Tulsey Town, later Tulsa, Oklahoma, hit the big time when this was discovered there in 1901 |
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$200 |
J |
TURN OF THE CENTURY |
1988-02-23 |
#807 |