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