{"slug": "panama-canal", "label": "Panama Canal", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panama_Canal", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7350", "qid": "Q7350", "description": "large canal in Panama", "entries": 11, "years": 10, "span": [1889, 1999], "span_label": ["1889 CE", "1999 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Technology & Infrastructure", "count": 8}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 2}, {"title": "Climate & Environment", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "panama", "label": "Panama", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "united-states-senate", "label": "United States Senate", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "woodrow-wilson", "label": "Woodrow Wilson", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1889, "year_label": "1889 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": null, "text": "Yellow fever interrupts the building of the Panama Canal.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367594292#Undated", "title": "1889", "revid": 1367594292, "section": "Events › Undated"}}, {"year": 1901, "year_label": "1901 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "November 18", "text": "November 18 – The Hay–Pauncefote Treaty is signed by the United Kingdom and United States, allowing the U.S. to build the Panama Canal under its sole control.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373318021#November", "title": "1901", "revid": 1373318021, "section": "Events › November"}}, {"year": 1903, "year_label": "1903 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "March 14", "text": "March 14 – The Hay–Herrán Treaty, granting the United States the right to build the Panama Canal, is ratified by the United States Senate. The Colombian senate later rejects the treaty.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373319317#March", "title": "1903", "revid": 1373319317, "section": "Events › March"}}, {"year": 1904, "year_label": "1904 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "February 23", "text": "February 23 – For $10 million, the United States gains control of the Panama Canal Zone.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373337754#February", "title": "1904", "revid": 1373337754, "section": "Events › February"}}, {"year": 1904, "year_label": "1904 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "May 4", "text": "May 4 – United States Army engineers begin work on the Panama Canal.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373337754#May", "title": "1904", "revid": 1373337754, "section": "Events › May"}}, {"year": 1913, "year_label": "1913 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "October 10", "text": "October 10 – U.S. President Woodrow Wilson triggers the explosion of the Gamboa Dike, ending construction on the Panama Canal.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373505613#October", "title": "1913", "revid": 1373505613, "section": "Events › October"}}, {"year": 1914, "year_label": "1914 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "August 15", "text": "August 15 – The Panama Canal is inaugurated with the passage of the .", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373518346#August", "title": "1914", "revid": 1373518346, "section": "Events › August"}}, {"year": 1931, "year_label": "1931 CE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": "November 8", "text": "November 8 – The Panama Canal is closed for a couple of weeks, due to damage caused by earthquakes.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371310518#November", "title": "1931", "revid": 1371310518, "section": "Events › November"}}, {"year": 1977, "year_label": "1977 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "September 7", "text": "September 7 – Torrijos-Carter treaties: Treaties between Panama and the United States on the status of the Panama Canal are signed. The U.S. agrees to transfer control of the canal to Panama at the end of the 20th century.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371657539#September", "title": "1977", "revid": 1371657539, "section": "Events › September"}}, {"year": 1978, "year_label": "1978 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "April 18", "text": "April 18 – The U.S. Senate votes, 68–32, to turn the Panama Canal over to Panamanian control on December 31, 1999.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370022681#April", "title": "1978", "revid": 1370022681, "section": "Events › April"}}, {"year": 1999, "year_label": "1999 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "December 31", "text": "December 31 – With the Torrijos–Carter Treaties being put into effect on this day, Panama gains full control of the Canal.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369767946#December", "title": "1999", "revid": 1369767946, "section": "Events › December"}}]}