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Panama Canal

large canal in Panama

11 dated entries naming Panama Canal, drawn from 10 separate years between 1889 CE and 1999 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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19th century

  • 1889Yellow fever interrupts the building of the Panama Canal.source

20th century

  • 1901November 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.source
  • 1903March 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.source
  • 1904February 23 – For $10 million, the United States gains control of the Panama Canal Zone.source
  • 1904May 4 – United States Army engineers begin work on the Panama Canal.source
  • 1913October 10 – U.S. President Woodrow Wilson triggers the explosion of the Gamboa Dike, ending construction on the Panama Canal.source
  • 1914August 15 – The Panama Canal is inaugurated with the passage of the .source
  • 1931November 8 – The Panama Canal is closed for a couple of weeks, due to damage caused by earthquakes.source
  • 1977September 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.source
  • 1978April 18 – The U.S. Senate votes, 68–32, to turn the Panama Canal over to Panamanian control on December 31, 1999.source
  • 1999December 31 – With the Torrijos–Carter Treaties being put into effect on this day, Panama gains full control of the Canal.source

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