Engineer s Day in Panama
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On this day in history.
1700 – The 8.7–9.2 Mw Cascadia earthquake takes place off the west coast of North America, as evidenced by Japanese records.
1837 – Michigan is admitted as the 26th U.S. state.
1838 – Tennessee enacts the first prohibition law in the United States.
1915 – The Rocky Mountain National Park is established by an act of the U.S. Congress.
1934 – The Apollo Theater reopens in Harlem, New York City.
1961 – John F. Kennedy appoints Janet G. Travell to be the first woman Physician to the President.
1992 – Boris Yeltsin announces that Russia will stop targeting United States cities with nuclear weapons.