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Panama
15 Aug 1914
In the end, the engineers and workers minimized the mosquito threat; moved, rebuilt and expanded the Panama Railroad; excavated over 200,000,000 cu yd (152,910,972 m3) of earth; built the world's largest (then) dam and a lake; poured about 2,000,000 cu yd (1,529,110 m3) of concrete creating a spillway at Gatun Lake to control its height; and formed three sets of double 110 feet (34 m) by 1,000 feet (300 m) ship's locks, then the largest concre...
Panama Events
| 1857 Sep 12 |
Sinking of the SS Central America
SS Central America, sometimes called the Ship of Gold, was a 280-foot (85 m) sidewheel steamer that operated between Central America and the eastern coast of the United States during the ...
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| 1903 Nov 3 |
Separation of Panama from Colombia
The Separation of Panama from Colombia was formalized on 3 November 1903 with the establishment of the Republic of Panama from the Republic of Colombia's Department of Panama.
On Novem...
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| 1914 Aug 15 |
Panama Canal Officially Opens
In the end, the engineers and workers minimized the mosquito threat; moved, rebuilt and expanded the Panama Railroad; excavated over 200,000,000 cu yd (152,910,972 m3) of earth; built the...
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| 1989 Dec |
Operation Just Cause
The United States invasion of Panama, codenamed Operation Just Cause, was the invasion of Panama by the United States in December 1989, during the George H.W. Bush administration, and ten...
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