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Landmark Americas wonder

Parícutin Volcano

1943 CE – still standing

Volcano that erupted from a Mexican cornfield in 1943, witnessed from birth

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Who held this ground

Borders from dated snapshots, up to a century apart; precision varies.

Reconstruction

  1. Before it was built (3000 BCE–1938 CE)
  2. Mexico (1945 CE–2026 CE) Border precision: Defined
Border precision
  • Defined

Elsewhere in Americas at the time

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Landmark · Americas

Salt Cathedral of Zipaquirá

1954 CE – still standing

Polity · Americas

British Guiana

1783 CE – 1966 CE

Conflict · Americas

Ecuadorian Internal Conflict

2024 CE – 2026 CE

Landmark · Americas

Basilica of Our Lady Aparecida

1955 CE – still standing

Polity · Americas

Dominion of Newfoundland

1907 CE – 1949 CE

Conflict · Americas

Salvadoran Civil War

1979 CE – 1992 CE

Landmark · Americas

Cathedral of Brasília

1958 CE – still standing

Polity · Americas

Jamaica (UK)

Attested 1715 CE – 1945 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1943 CE and 2026 CE.

1947 CE Paraguayan Civil War 1948 CE La Violencia (Colombia) 1948 CE Costa Rican Civil War 1953 CE Cuban Revolution 1954 CE Salt Cathedral of Zipaquirá

And in the rest of the world

Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.

Darvaza Gas Crater Landmark · Middle East 1971 CE – still standing Tibet Polity · South Asia 1000 CE – 1960 CE Tea Horse Road Trade route · East Asia 700 CE – 1950 CE Nikola Tesla Figure · Serbia / United States 1856 CE – 1943 CE World War II Conflict · Europe 1939 CE – 1945 CE Great Mosque of Touba Landmark · Africa 1963 CE – still standing
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