The United States Invasion of Panama, code-named Operation Just Cause, was the invasion of Panama by the United States between mid-December 1989 and late-January 1990. It occurred during the administration of U.S. President George H. W. Bush, and ten years after the TorrijosâCarter Treaties were ratified to transfer control of the Panama Canal from the United States to Panama by 1 January 2000.
The ukulele is a string instrument that originated in Portugal in the second century B.C. With a small, guitar-shaped body that is fitted with four strings, it is considered a member of the chordophone family.Sound is produced through these instruments by plucking and strumming the strings.he ukulele is a string instrument that originated in Portugal in the second century B.C. With a small, guitar-shaped body that is fitted with four strings, it is considered a member of the chordophone family.
Full Definition of UKULELE. : a small guitar of Portuguese origin popularized in Hawaii in the 1880s and strung typically with four strings. See ukulele defined for English-language learners.See ukulele defined for kids.n 1879 Portuguese immigrants to Hawaii brought with them a small four-stringed guitar called a machete. Purvis was taken with the instrument and soon learned to play it. When the machete became a Hawaiian favorite, it took on Purvis's nickname, Ê½ukulele, and its Portuguese name was soon forgotten.