Guam - Notable Historical Events
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Guam - Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1521-03-06 |
Magellan discovers Guam |
1898-06-21 |
Guam becomes a territory of US |
1898-07-21 |
Spain cedes Guam to USA |
1898-12-10 |
Spanish-American War ends; US acquires Philippines, PR & Guam |
1899-02-10 |
US-Spain peace treaty signed by Pres McKinley. US gets PR & Guam |
1903-07-04 |
Pacific Cable (SF, Hawaii, Guam, Phil) opens, Pres TR sends message |
1941-12-10 |
Japanese troops overrun Guam |
1941-12-11 |
Japanese occupy Guam |
1944-06-19 |
Heavy air raid on US fleet at Guam "Turkey Shoot" |
1944-07-20 |
US invades Japanese-occupied Guam |
1944-07-21 |
US forces land on Guam to get rid of Japanese invaders |
1944-07-25 |
-26] Japanse banzai-attack on Guam |
1944-07-25 |
US troop march into Guam |
1944-07-26 |
Japanese suicide attack on US lines in Guam |
1944-07-27 |
US regains possession of Guam from Japanese |
1944-08-10 |
US recaptures Guam from Japanese |
1945-07-24 |
US destroyer Underhill torpedoed West of Guam |
1950-08-01 |
Guam Organic Act by establishes Guam as US territory |
1972-01-24 |
Japanese Sgt. Shoichi Yokoi is found hiding in a Guam jungle, where he had been since the end of World War II. |
1979-10-12 |
Pressure in nucleus of tropical cyclone at Guam hits record 870 hpa |
1980-11-14 |
Kimberley Santos, 19 of Guam, crowned 30th Miss World |
1989-06-30 |
NASA closes down tracking stations in Santiago, Chile & Guam |
1990-11-06 |
Guam Republican governor Joseph Ada re-elected |
1996-08-06 |
Korean Air Flight 801 crashes in the United States territory of Guam, killing 228 people |
1997-08-05 |
Korean Air 747 with 331 aboard crashes in Guam, 29 survive |
2008-02-23 |
a B-2 Spirit of the USAF crashes at Guam. The crew survived but the aircraft was written off, making it the most expensive air crash in human history (the aircraft alone cost $1.2Bn). The B-2 had a perfect safety record before the crash; not one B-2 ever crashed. |
2017-08-09 |
North Korea threatens missile strike on Guam that will create an 'enveloping fire' |
2017-08-15 |
North Korea maps out detailed plan for missile launches to sea off Guam |
2017-08-15 |
Dozens rally in Guam for peace amid North Korea threats |
2018-05-31 |
75 homes destroyed by Hawaiian volcanic eruption as haze detected in Guam |
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Guam - Birthdays
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1916-07-19 |
James D Ramage, US lt-Adm (WW II-Palau/Guam/Philippines) |
1928-02-14 |
Ben Garrido Blaz, (Rep-R-Guam, 1985- ) |
1948-07-13 |
Robert Underwood, (Rep-D-Guam) |
1968-02-09 |
Marcus Meloan, Agana Guam, Canadian Tour golfer (1992 US Amat Champ) |
1976-11-18 |
Sandy Zubrin, Tamuning Guam, US diver (Olympics-96) |
