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Jun 27, 1501
Rodrigo de Pastidos of Spain lands on the Caribbean coast of Panama
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Jun 27, 1502
Spain sets the Panamanian borders
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Jun 27, 1502
Christopher Columbus claims Panama for Spain
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Scotland attempts to colonize Panama
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Panama declares independence from Spain (taken by Colombia)
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Tomas Herrera breaks away from Colombia for thirteen months in Panama
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Richard Burton and John Speke of the United Kingdom cross Tanzania
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Karl Peters negotiated with tribal leaders for German control of Tanzania
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he Tanzanian borders were set during the Berlin Conference
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Natives in Tanzania resist German establishment of coastal trading posts
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Panama gains independence
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Panama sold the right to dig the Panama Canal and occupy the area to the US for $10 million with an annual fee of $250,000
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Panama adopts a republican government
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Britain gains control of Tanzania
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the Panama Canal is formally inaugurated
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Arnuflo Arias grabs power in Panama
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Panama joins the United Nations
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Arias resiezes power in Panama with the aid of police chief Col. Jose Ramon
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mainland Tanganyika gains independence
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Tanzania joins the United Nations
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Zanzibar gains independence
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the mainland Tanganyika and the island Zanzibar are united to form current-day Tanzania
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Arias gains presidency, but is overthrown by Col. Omar Torrijos 11 days later in Panama
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The Torrijos-Carter treaties were ratified, providing for gradual shift of control of the Canal to Panama, with total reclamation by 2000
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US troops replace Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega with Guillerno Endara
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Tanzania adopts a multiparty republic government system
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Zanzibar joins the Organization of Islamic Conference in violation of the Tanzanian Constitution
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Panama gains full control of the Panama Canal
