Britain and the United States sign the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hay–Pauncefote_Treaty" id="mwqw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Hay–Pauncefote Treaty">Hay–Pauncefote Treaty</a>, which nullifies the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clayton–Bulwer_Treaty" id="mwrA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Clayton–Bulwer Treaty">Clayton–Bulwer Treaty</a> and withdraws British objections to an American-controlled canal in Panama.