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Events on Friday 19 April 1850 1
1850Clayton-Bulwer Treaty signedUnited States and Britain agree to share control of a future Central American canalThe treaty committed both powers to neither fortify nor exclusively control any canal built across the Central American isthmus. It eased Anglo-American rivalry in the region. It remained in force until the 1901 Hay-Pauncefote Treaty paved the way for sole US control of the Panama Canal.