With certain cameras and a bit of research, webcams can transport the viewer to the location of past events. The rest is up to the imagination. They can also give a ’then and now’ perspective which can be stunningly dramatic.
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10th October, 1913 Panama Canal Completed with a Bang
An American-built waterway across the Isthmus of Panama, connecting the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, is completed with the explosion of the Gamboa Dike. U.S. President Woodrow Wilson triggered the blast by pressing an electric button at the White House in Washington, D.C., concluding one of the largest construction projects of all time. http:/ / www.pancanal.com/ photo/ camera-java.html
11th October, 1899 The Boer War Begins in South Africa
The South African Boer War begins between the British Empire and Boers of the Transvaal and Orange Free State. Boers, also known as Afrikaners, were the descendants of the original Dutch settlers of southern Africa. http:/ / www.mweb.co.za/ travel/ camera_site/ default.asp
12th October, 1928 First flight of the Graf Zeppelin
On October 12, 1928, the Graf Zeppelin, the first commercial dirigible to cross the Atlantic, embarked on its maiden voyage. The Zeppelin, named after its inventor, Ferdinand von Zeppelin, made more than five hundred transatlantic passenger flights before it was retired in favor of the hydrogen-inflated Hindenburg. http:/ / www.dhm.de/ zcam/
13th October, 1792 The cornerstone of the White House is laid
On October 13, 1792, construction of the neoclassical White House building began with the laying of its cornerstone. Irish-American architect James Hoban’s White House design was a virtual copy of a building sketch in James Gibbs’s Book of Architecture. http:/ / www.earthcam.com/ usa/ dc/ metrosquare/
14th October, 1912 Theodore Roosevelt Shot in Milwaukee
Before a campaign speech in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Theodore Roosevelt, the presidential candidate for the Progressive Party, is shot at close range by anarchist William Schrenk while greeting the public in front of the Hotel Gilpatrick. http:/ / www.touchtmj4.com/ 4weather/ livecam-airport.asp
