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Events on Saturday 4 December 1915 2
1915Panama-Pacific International Exposition opensWorld's fair celebrates the opening of the Panama CanalThe Panama-Pacific International Exposition opened in San Francisco on 20 February 1915, marking the completion of the Panama Canal and the city's recovery from the 1906 earthquake. It ran through 4 December 1915 and introduced millions of visitors to early aviation displays and electric lighting spectacles.
1915Henry Ford's Peace Ship sailsIndustrialist funds a private mission to end World War IOn 4 December 1915 Henry Ford chartered the ocean liner Oscar II to carry a delegation of pacifists from Hoboken, New Jersey, to Europe in an attempt to mediate an end to the war. The mission, mocked in the press as the "Peace Ship," failed to achieve any diplomatic breakthrough.