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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)

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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