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 lt col 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
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, PM 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 Japs
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, Rep-D-Virgin Islands, 1973-79, 81-
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 NZ
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 Arleigh A Burke, Colo, Admiral, WW II, Solomon Islands, Navy Cross
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 Capt 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, NZ 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/Charles Darwin reaches 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/Charles Darwin reaches Barnevelts Islands
1832 Ecuador annexes Gal pagos Islands
1778 Capt Cook discovers Maui (Sandwich Islands [now Hawaii])
1778 Capt James Cook stumbles over Sandwich Islands (Hawaiian Islands)
1777 Capt 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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