Portal:Transport/Selected anniversaries/August 1

• 1820 – London's Regent's Canal opens.
• 1902 – The United States buys the rights to the Panama Canal from France.
• 1941 – The first Jeep is produced.
• 2007 – The I-35W Mississippi River bridge (pictured) spanning the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, Minnesota, collapsed during the evening rush hour.

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