2013 Event Days after a new U.S.-South Korea military pact, North Korea issues new threats to strike targets in Hawaii, Guam, South Korea and the U.S. mainland 2012 Event U.S. Presidential candidate Mitt Romney wins caucuses in the Northern Mariana Islands, the Virgin Islands, Guam and Wyoming 1997 Event Korean Air 747 with 331 aboard crashes in Guam, 29 survive 1990 Event Guam Republican governor Joseph Ada re-elected 1989 Event NASA closes down tracking stations in Santiago, Chile and Guam 1980 Event Kimberley Santos, 19 of Guam, crowned 30th Miss World 1979 Event Pressure in nucleus of tropical cyclone at Guam hits record 870 hpa 1976 Birthday Sandy Zubrin, Tamuning Guam, U.S. diver 1996 Olympics 1968 Birthday Marcus Meloan, Agana Guam, Canadian Tour golfer, 1992 U.S. Amat Champ 1950 Event Guam adopts constitution (Organic Act) 1948 Birthday Robert A. Underwood, born in Tamuning, Guam, Representative-D-Guam 1993 - 2003 1945 Event U.S. destroyer Underhill torpedoed West of Guam 1944 Event U.S. recaptures Guam from Japanese 1944 Event U.S. regains possession of Guam from Japanese 1944 Event Japanese suicide attack on U.S. lines in Guam 1944 Event Japanse banzai-attack on Guam 1944 Event U.S. troop march into Guam 1944 Event U.S. forces land on Guam to get rid of Japanese invaders 1944 Event U.S. invades Japanese-occupied Guam in WW II 1944 Event Heavy air raid on U.S. fleet at Guam "Turkey Shoot" 1941 Event Japanese occupy Guam 1941 Event Japanese troops overrun Guam 1928 Birthday Vincente T. Blaz, born in Agana, Guam, Representative-R-Guam 1985 - 1993 1916 Birthday James D. Ramage, U.S. Lieutenant-Admiral, WW II - Palau, Guam, and Philippines 1903 Event Pacific Cable (SF, Hawaii, Guam, Phil) opens, President TR sends message 1899 Event U.S.-Spain peace treaty signed by President McKinley. U.S. gets Puerto Rico and Guam 1898 Event Spanish-American War ends; U.S. acquires Philippines, Puerto Rico and Guam 1898 Event Spain cedes Guam to U.S. 1898 Event Guam becomes a territory of U.S. 1521 Event Magellan discovers Guam
