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Drake drills the first commercial oil well

27 August 1859 · Titusville, Pennsylvania · importance 3/5 · manual

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Oil: the industry that fueled the modern world step 1

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Start date (EDTF) 27 August 1859 End date (EDTF, empty for a point event)

1914 · 1914-07-28 · -0489 (490 BCE) · 1930~ (circa) · 19XX (century) · 197X (decade)

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