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Construction was started on the Panama Canal to help ease of travel. However, it was halted in 1893, and would be revised be Theodore Roosevelt.
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Thomas Edison began serious research and obtained the patent for the incandescent lamp.
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Grover Cleveland is elected into office, and server for four years.
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Grover Cleveland served another four years, ending his presidency in 1897. This presidency makes Cleveland the only President to serve two non-consecutive terms in office.