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| United States President William McKinley places Alaska under military rule. Kaiser of Germany declares that German is the command language in the German army. Paris World Exhibition opens. First zeppelin flight on Lake Constance near Friedrichshafen, Germany. Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act passes British Parliament. The Norwegian inventor Johann Vaaler demands a patent for his invention, the paperclip. | ||||||||||||||
