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Thousands of jobs were lost at the UK's largest steelworks – which for a century have dominated life in Port Talbot – in 2024 when Tata Steel restructured its business operations.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026

In 2020, stocks peaked in late February, just days before Covid-related lockdowns shuttered the global economy in a way that hadn’t been seen in more than a century.

From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026

For more than a century, Congress has required that federal elections occur on “the Tuesday next after the first Monday in November.”

From Slate • Mar. 31, 2026

Following the trail of these minuscule treasures back in time, Mr. de Waal traced the history of his forbears among the Ephrussis, a Jewish banking family that grew prosperous in the 19th century.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

It had happened barely more than a century before.

From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone