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1995 Centennial of Canadian Mounties presence in Canada's Yukon Territory

1992 Lloyd "Slim" Andrews, actor (Buf Bill in Tomahawk Territory), dies

1982 Anguilla, dependent territory of U.K., adopts constitution

1981 Palau (Trust Territory of Pacific Is) becomes self-governing

1978 Northern Territory of Australia becomes self-governing

1977 Egypt's Anwar Sadat pledges to regain Arab territory from Israel

1972 Wake Island becomes unincorporated territory of U.S., U.S. Air Force

1972 Mizoram, formerly part of Assam, creates an Indian union territory

1971 Rodd Redwing, actor (Buffalo Bill in Tomahawk Territory), dies at 66

1967 House Peters, silent film actor (Kansas Territory), dies at 87

1965 British Indian Ocean Territory formed

1962 British Antarctic Territory forms

1961 Wallis and Futuna Islands become a French overseas territory

1961 Twins agree on $500,000 payment to AA for Minn/St. Paul territory

1956 Delhi becomes a territory of Indian union

1956 James H Newman, Trust Territory of Pacific, PhD/Astronaut, STS 51, 69

1956 Indian state of Tripura becomes a territory

1950 Gary Frank, Spokane, Washington, actor, Enemy Territory, Deadly Weapon

1949 Administration of territory of Manipur taken over by Indian government

1948 Indian territory of Himachal Pradesh created

1947 U.S. begins administering Trust Territory of Pacific Islands

1946 Togo made a trusteeship territory of UN

1944 Allied troops 1st set foot on Japanese territory

1943 U.S. 7th div lands on Attu, Aleutian, (1st U.S. territory recaptured)

1939 Lithuania state, forced to give Memel territory to Germany

1938 Munich Agreement-forced Czechoslovakia to give territory to Germany

1936 Australian Antarctic Territory created

1932 Fascist coup in the Memel territory

1929 American Samoa organizes as territory of U.S.

1923 Allies accept Latvia's occupation of Memel territory

1920 France occupies (German) Memel territory

1917 Jones Act: Puerto Rico territory created, U.S. citizenship granted

1912 Territory of Alaska organizes

1911 South Australia transfers Northern Territory to federal government

1910 JWEL Hilgers is 1st Dutchman to fly above Dutch territory

1904 Rod Redwing, New York, actor, Buffalo Bill in Tomahawk Territory

1900 Hawaii became a U.S. territory

1898 Guam becomes a territory of U.S.

1898 Yukon Territory of Canada organized, Dawson chosen as capital

1892 Edmund Cobb, born in Albuquerque, New Mexico, western actor, Comanche Territory

1890 Klaas Schilder, Dutch theologist/vicar, Occupied Territory

1890 Territory of Oklahoma created

1884 Alaska becomes a U.S. territory

1880 House Peters, England, silent film actor, Kansas Territory

1879 Will Rogers, Oologah Indian Territory, Okla, humorist

1869 Women suffrage (right to vote) granted in Wyoming Territory (U.S. 1st)

1869 Hudson Bay Company cedes it's territory to Canada

1868 U.S. Congress forms Wyoming Territory (Dakota, Utah and Idaho)

1864 Territory of Montana formed

1863 Battle of Honey Springs - largest battle in Indian Territory

1863 Northern Territory passes from New South Wales to South Australia

1863 Territory of Idaho established

1863 Idaho Territory forms

1863 Arizona Territory created

1862 Battle at Old Fort Wayne, Indian Territory

1862 Battle of La Glorieta Pass, New Mexico Territory (Apache Canyon, Pigeon's Ranch)

1862 Confederate Territory of Arizona forms

1861 CS Gen Sibley is given command of rebel troops in New Mexico territory

1861 President Lincoln ordered Federal Troops to evacuate Indian Territory

1861 Arizona Territory votes to leave the Union

1854 1st election in Washington Territory; 1,682 votes cast

1853 Olympia forms as capital of Washington Territory

1853 Territory of Washington organized after separating from Oregon Territory

1849 Minnesota Territory is organizes

1849 Territory of Minnesota organizes

1848 Oregon Territory created

1844 Texas became a U.S. territory

1841 Hong Kong proclaimed a sovereign territory of Britain

1838 Iowa Territory forms

1838 Iowa Territory is organized

1836 Wisconsin Territory forms

1836 Territory of Wisconsin created

1836 Congress forms Territory of Wisconsin

1834 Congress creates Indian Territory (now Oklahoma)

1822 Congress combined East and West Florida into Florida Territory

1819 Territory of Arkansas organized

1817 Mississippi Territory is divided into Alabama Territory and Mississippi

1812 Gen Hull surrenders Detroit and Michigan territory to England

1812 Louisiana Territory officially renamed "Missouri Territory"

1809 Territory of Illinois organizes (including present-day Wisconsin)

1805 Louisiana-Missouri Territory forms

1805 Michigan Territory organizes

1804 Territory of Orleans organizes in Louisiana Purchase

1803 Spain cedes her claims to Louisiana Territory to France

1800 Indiana Territory organized

1798 Mississippi Territory organized

1792 Prussia army moves into French territory

1790 Territory South of River Ohio created by Congress

1787 Congress establishes Northwest Territory (excludes slavery)

1787 Ord of 1787-a territory can become 3 to 5 states at 60,000 pop

1774 Britain gives Quebec, Labrador and territory north of Ohio

1681 English Quaker William Penn receives charter from Charles II, making him sole proprietor of colonial American territory Pennsylvania

918 Boudouin II the Bare, originator of Flanders territory, dies



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