History Home
Events     Birthdays     Deaths     Years

Add "Today in History" or "Today's Birthdays" to Your Site - it's Easy!

Google Web brainyhistory.com   
Guam
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)

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

1916 James D. Ramage, U.S. lt-Adm, WW II-Palau/Guam/Philippines

1903 Pacific Cable (SF, Hawaii, Guam, Phil) opens, President TR sends message

1899 US-Spain peace treaty signed by President McKinley. U.S. gets PR and Guam

1898 Spanish-American War ends; U.S. acquires Philippines, PR and Guam

1898 Spain cedes Guam to U.S.

1898 Guam becomes a territory of U.S.

1521 Magellan discovers Guam



History Home    Copyright 2007 BrainyMedia.com