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2007 8.1 earthquake triggers tsunami in the Solomon Islands
1996 Amata Kabua, President of Marshall Islands (1979-96), dies 1996 John Cheek, Falkland Islands advocate, dies at 56 1996 Leeward Islands beat Trinidad by 73 runs to win Red Stripe Trophy 1996 Rajindra Dhanraj takes 9-97 for Trinidad against Leeward Islands 1991 U.N. admits Estonia, Latvia, Lithuiania, North and South Korea, Marshall Islands and Micronesia 1990 Longest wheelie (David Robilliard with 5h12m33s (Channel Islands) 1987 Military coup in Fiji Islands under Lieutenant Colonel Sitivani Rabuka 1986 Iran offensive against Iraqi islands of Shatt al-Arab 1986 Northern Mariana Islands becomes a Commonwealth associated with US 1986 Republic of Marshall Islands signs Compact of Free Association with US 1986 Netherlands and Scilly Islands sign peace treaty (war of 1651) 1985 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) adopts constitution 1985 South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands adopts constitution 1983 British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher visits Falkland Islands 1982 Battle of Mount Longdon, Falkland Islands 1982 British troops lands on Falkland Islands 1982 British fleet sails to Falkland Islands 1982 U.N. Security Council demanded Argentina withdraw from Falkland Islands 1982 Argentina seizes Malvinas, also known as the Falkland Islands 1982 1st-class debut of Courtney Walsh, Jamaica vs. Leeward Islands 1981 Palau, Trust Territory of Pacific Islands, becomes self-governing 1979 Kiribati (formerly Gilbert Islands) declares independence from U.K. 1979 Marshall Islands (in Pacific) become self-governing 1978 Tuvalu (formerly Ellice Islands) declares independence from U.K. 1978 Solomon Islands declares independence from U.K. 1977 British Virgin Islands adopts constitution 1977 2 Boeing 747s by Pan Am and KLM collide in Canary Islands, killing 582 1976 Turks and Caicos Islands adopts constitution 1976 Linette Smith, Miss Universe-British Virgin Islands 1996 1975 Ellice Islands split from Gilbert Islands, take name "Tuvalu" 1974 Referenda in Comoros-3 islands for independence, 1 stays French 1973 Keisha Delancy, Miss Turks and Caicos islands Universe 1997 1973 Tasha Ebanks, Miss Universe-Cayman Islands 1996 1973 Melinda Penn, Miss British virgin islands Universe, 1997 1972 Victoria Keil, Miss Universe-Cook Islands 1996 1971 British and Argentina sign accord about Falkland Islands 1971 U.S. canal rights in Nicaragua and rights to Corn Islands expire 1970 Tonga, formerly Friendly Islands, declares independence from U.K. 1970 Vania Thomas, Miss U.S. Virgin Islands Universe 1997 1968 Iwo Jima and Bonin Islands returned to Japan by US 1967 Kuria Muria Islands ceded by Britain to Oman 1966 Lisa Canning, Virgin Islands, hostess, Entertainment Tonight 1965 Zachary Scott, U.S. actor, (Southerner, Flame of Islands), dies at 51 1965 Cook Islands enters into free association with New Zealand 1961 Windward Islands' Airways International (Winair) forms 1961 Wallis and Futuna Islands become a French overseas territory 1959 Cayman Islands separated from Jamaica, made a crown colony 1957 8.1 earthquake shakes Andreanof Islands, Alaska 1955 Australia takes control of Cocos Islands 1955 Kelsey Grammer, born in Virgin Islands, actor, Fraiser Crane-Cheers/Fraiser 1954 Virgin Islands (U.S.) adopts constitution (Revised Organic Act) 1954 Congress passes revised organic act for Virgin Islands 1953 Heavy earthquake strikes Isotope islands, 435 killed 1952 1st thermonuclear bomb detonated - Marshall Islands 1950 Ieremia Tabai, President of Kiribati, Gilbert Islands, 1979-91 1949 Tokelau (Union) Islands declared part of New Zealand 1947 U.S. begins administering Trust Territory of Pacific Islands 1947 Record 100.5-kg sailfish caught, C W Stewart, Galapagos Islands 1946 William H. Hastie inaugurated as 1st black governor of Virgin Islands 1944 U.S. troop land on Los Negros, Admirality Islands 1944 4th U.S. marine division conquerors Roi, Marshall Islands 1944 U.S. invades Majuro, Marshall Islands 1943 U.S. forces overrun New Georgia in Solomon Islands during WW II 1943 Japan leaves Aleutian Islands 1943 Lt. John F. Kennedy's PT-boat 109 sinks at Solomon islands 1943 Peter Kenilorea, Prime Minister Solomon Islands 1943 Battle of Komandorski Islands, Pacific Ocean 1942 Sea battle off Eastern Solomon Islands 1942 Carlson's Raiders land on Makin, Gilbert islands, kill 350 Japanese 1942 1st American offensive in Pacific in WW2, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands 1942 Japanese troops lands on Attu, Aleutian Islands 1942 Japanese troop attack Tulagi, Gavutu and Tanambogo, Solomon Islands 1942 Japanese forces occupy Andaman Islands in Indian Ocean 1939 John Cheek, Falkland Islands advocate 1938 8.3 earthquake shakes East of Shumagin Islands, Alaska 1938 Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicates Thousand Islands Bridge connecting U.S. and Canada 1937 William H. Hastie becomes 1st black federal judge (Virgin Islands) 1936 Virgin Islands receives a constitution from U.S., Organic Act 1935 Franklin D. Roosevelt proclaims Philippine Islands a free commonwealth 1932 Robert Cowan, CEO, Highlands and Islands Enterprises 1930 Ron de Lugo, born in Englewood, New Jersey, Representative-D-Virgin Islands, 1973 - 1979, 1981 - 1995 1930 June Knox-Mawer, British radio host/novelist, World of Islands 1927 Alfred Kraus, Las Palmas Canary Islands, tenor, La Scala 1926 Tokelau (Union) Islands in South Pacific transfers to New Zealand 1920 Japan receives League of Nations mandate over Pacific islands 1919 Edward L Feightner, U.S. rear-admiral, WW II-Santa Cruz Islands 1918 1st flight between Hawaiian Islands 1917 U.S. purchases Danish West Indies for $25M and renames them Virgin Islands 1917 U.S. pays Denmark $25 million for Virgin Islands 1916 Denmark cedes Danish West Indies, including the Virgin Islands, to the U.S. for $25 million 1905 Cyclone hit Tahiti and adjacent islands, killing some 10,000 people 1904 Islands of Manu'a group (Samoa) ceded to U.S. by their chiefs 1902 Denmark sells Virgin Islands to USA 1901 Cook Islands annexed and proclaimed part of New Zealand 1875 German SS Schiller sinks near Scilly Islands, 312 killed 1867 Mail packets "Rhone" and "Wye" capsizes off St. Thomas Virgin Islands 1867 Midway Islands formally declared a U.S. possession 1867 U.S. occupies Midway Islands in Pacific 1864 Great Britain gives Isotope Islands back to Greece 1860 Queen of Sandwich Islands (Hawaii) arrives in New York City 1859 Captain N. C. Brooks discovers Midway Islands 1850 Yerba Buena and Angel Islands (SF Bay) reserved for military use 1848 Slaves freed in Danish West Indies (now U.S. Virgin Islands) 1844 Robert Stout, Shetland Islands Scotland, New Zealand prime minister, 1884-87 1836 HMS Beagle anchors in Postage Praia, Cape Verde Islands 1836 Charles Darwin aboard HMS Beagle reaches Cocos Islands 1835 HMS Beagle sails into Bay of Islands (New Zealand) 1835 HMS Beagle and Charles Darwin reache Galapagos Islands 1834 HMS Beagle anchors at Berkeley Sound, Falkland Islands 1833 Britain seizes control of Falkland Islands in South Atlantic 1833 British government demands Falkland islands 1832 HMS Beagle and Charles Darwin reaches Barnevelts Islands 1832 Ecuador annexes Gal pagos Islands 1778 Captain Cook discovers Maui in the Sandwich Islands, now Hawaii 1778 Captain James Cook stumbles over Sandwich Islands (Hawaiian Islands) 1777 Captain Cook leaves Society Islands 1771 Spain cedes Falkland Islands to Britain 1728 James Cook, Scotland, captain/explorer, discovered Sandwich Islands 1648 Dutch and French agree to divide St. Maarten, Leeward Islands 1641 Matthijs H Quast, fleet guardian (Gold Islands), dies in battle 1535 Bishop Tomas de Berlanga discovers Galapagos Islands 1534 Jacques Cartier discovers Prince Edward Islands Canada 1503 Columbus discovers Cayman Islands 1501 Joao da Nova Castell discovers Ascension Islands 1492 Columbus' fleet leaves Gomera, Canary islands |
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