Historical place archive

Panama in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Panama in United States of America. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

2 records2 event labels2 people1855–1989

Historical events in Panama

1855

28 January 1855
Completion of Panama Railroad
William Henry Aspinwall · Panama Railroad

Workers complete the railway linking the Atlantic and Pacific sides of the isthmus.

1989

12 20 1989
President of United States of America
George H. W. Bush · Operation Just Cause

United States invades Panama and removes the Noriega regime

Provenance

About these place records

These entries are generated from stored World History Database records whose country and place fields match United States of America and Panama. Names, dates, event labels and descriptions are reviewed and normalised as the database develops. Historical place names may not match modern administrative boundaries.

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