Today in Guam History
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Historical Events
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1521-03-06 - Magellan discovers Guam
1898-06-21 - Guam becomes a territory of US
1898-07-21 - Spain cedes Guam to US
1898-12-10 - Spanish-American War ends; US acquires Philippines, PR & Guam
1899-02-10 - US-Spain peace treaty signed by Pres McKinley. US gets PR & Guam
1903-07-04 - Pacific Cable (SF, Hawaii, Guam, Phil) opens, Pres TR sends message
1941-12-10 - Japanese troops overrun Guam
1941-12-11 - Japanese occupy Guam
1944-06-19 - Heavy air raid on US fleet at Guam "Turkey Shoot"
1944-07-20 - US invades Japanese-occupied Guam in WW II
1944-07-21 - US forces land on Guam to get rid of Japanese invaders
1944-07-25 - -26] Japanse banzai-attack on Guam
1944-07-25 - US troop march into Guam
1944-07-26 - Japanese suicide attack on US lines in Guam
1944-07-27 - US regains possession of Guam from Japanese
1944-08-10 - US recaptures Guam from Japanese
1945-07-24 - US destroyer Underhill torpedoed West of Guam
1950-08-01 - Guam adopts constitution (Organic Act)
1950-08-01 - Territory of Guam created
1972-01-24 - Japanese Sgt. Shoichi Yokoi is found hiding in a Guam jungle, where he had been since the end of World War II.
1979-10-12 - Pressure in nucleus of tropical cyclone at Guam hits record 870 hpa
1980-11-14 - Kimberley Santos, 19 of Guam, crowned 30th Miss World
1989-06-30 - NASA closes down tracking stations in Santiago, Chile & Guam
1990-11-06 - Guam Republican governor Joseph Ada re-elected
1997-08-05 - Korean Air 747 with 331 aboard crashes in Guam, 29 survive
2008-02-23 - a B-2 Spirit of the USAF crashes at Guam. The crew survived but the aircraft was written off, making it the most expensive air crash in human history (the aircraft alone cost $1.2Bn). The B-2 had a perfect safety record before the crash; not one B-2 ever crashed.
Famous Birthdays
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1916-07-19 - James D Ramage, US lt-Adm (WW II-Palau/Guam/Philippines)
1928-02-14 - Ben Garrido Blaz, (Rep-R-Guam, 1985- )
1948-07-13 - Robert Underwood, (Rep-D-Guam)
1968-02-09 - Marcus Meloan, Agana Guam, Canadian Tour golfer (1992 US Amat Champ)
1976-11-18 - Sandy Zubrin, Tamuning Guam, US diver (Olympics-96)
1978-03-01 - Donovan Patton, Guamanian television star
