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Events on Saturday 28 June 1902 1
1902Spooner Act Authorizes Panama CanalUS Congress chooses the Panama routeThe US Congress passed the Spooner Act on June 28, authorizing President Theodore Roosevelt to acquire rights from Colombia to build a canal across Panama rather than Nicaragua. It set in motion the negotiations that led to Panamanian independence and construction of the Panama Canal.