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1722 Apr 5 |
On Easter Sunday Dutch explorer Jacob Roggeveen discovered a Polynesian Island 1400 miles from the coast of South America and named it Easter Island. He noted that the island was treeless and wondered how its massive statues were erected. Much of the population was later wiped out and the island became a possession of Chile. An indigenous script called rongorongo survived but by 2002 was still not deciphered. In 2005 Steven Roger Fischer authored “Island at the End of the World: The Turbulent History of Easter Island.” Links: Chile, Netherlands, Polynesia, Explorer 
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1835 Oct 20 |
HMS Beagle left the Galapagos Archipelago and sailed to Tahiti. Links: Ecuador, Polynesia, Evolution, Tahiti
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1891 |
Painter Paul Gauguin painted his landscape “Haere Mai,” which means “Come here!” in Tahitian. Links: Artist, France, Polynesia
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1892 |
French artist Paul Gauguin painted a picture of two Tahitian gilrs titled “Nafea Faa Ipoipo {When Will You Marry?). In 2015 it sold at auction for close to $300 million Links: Artist, France, Polynesia
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1930 Aug 17 |
The Matson liner Ventura rescued all 317 passengers and crew of the liner Tahiti, which had burst a bulkhead 2 days earlier. The Tahiti was abandoned in the South Pacific. Links: USA, Polynesia, Ship, Tahiti
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1970 Feb 20 |
Cheyenne Brando (d.1995), daughter of Marlon, was born in Papeete, Tahiti. Links: USA, Polynesia, Tahiti
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1972 |
David McTaggart (d.2001), one of the founders of Greenpeace Int’l., sailed his small boat into the French nuclear-testing site at Mururoa atoll in the South Pacific. Links: France, Polynesia, Nuclear
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1976 May 1 |
Kawika Kapahulehua (d.2007 at 76), leading a 15-man crew on a double-hulled canoe with sails, departed Hawaii to Tahiti. Organizer and anthropologist Ben Finney wanted to prove the trip was possible. They reached Tahiti after 34 days despite issues of ethnicity raised by part of the crew. Mau Piailug (1932-2010), Micronesian master navigator, steered the Hokule’a (Star of Gladness) by the stars, the feel of the wind and the look of the sea. Links: Polynesia, Hawaii, Micronesia
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1977 |
Roman Polanski, film director, was accused of drugging and raping a 13-year-old model at the home of Jack Nicholson. He pleaded guilty to unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor and left the country on bail to film "Hurricane" in Tahiti, and then fled to Paris. Links: USA, France, California, Sex, Polynesia, Film, Rape
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1984 |
The French granted Polynesia internal autonomy. Links: France, Polynesia
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1991 Nov 18 |
France deported Marlon Brando's daughter Cheyenne (21) to Tahiti to face charges of acting as an accomplice in the killing of her lover last year. Links: France, Polynesia, Tahiti
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1995 Nov 20 |
France conducted its 4th nuclear test at the Mururoa atoll in French Polynesia. Other news sources indicated a severe earthquake with the epicenter in the Red Sea. Links: France, Earthquake, Polynesia, Nuclear
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1995 Dec 27 |
France set off a fifth nuclear bomb at a South Pacific Atoll. Links: France, Polynesia, Nuclear
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2000 May 28 |
In Poland the Freedom Union Party voted to resign from the coalition government of Prime Minister Jerzy Buzek. Links: Polynesia
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2001 Sep 23 |
Elections were held in Poland and the Democratic Left Alliance, composed of former Communists, won with 41% of the popular vote. Leszek Miller became the new PM. Links: Polynesia
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2002 Sep 12 |
Tahitian authorities found a 55-foot catamaran, the Hakuna Matata, that belonged to former NBA star Bison Dele (b.1969 as Brian Carson Williams). His brother, Kevin Williams (Miles Dabord) was seen docking the catamaran on July 16 in Taravao, Tahiti. Williams met his girlfriend on July 8 in Papeete and described a scuffle that left 3 people dead. He was last seen Sept. 5 in Phoenix, when he tried to pick up an order for $500,000 in American Double Eagle coins using his brother's passport. A comatose Williams was arrested Sep 19 at a San Diego hospital and died Sep 27. Links: USA, Murder, Polynesia, Tahiti
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2005 Jan 12 |
Maud Fontenoy, a French woman (26), set out in a row boat on a 4,900-mile solo voyage to Polynesia, hoping to trace Thor Heyerdahl's epic 1947 Pacific crossing aboard the balsa raft Kon-Tiki. Links: France, Polynesia
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2007 Aug 8 |
Researchers from the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill reported that coral coverage in the Indo-Pacific, an area stretching from Indonesia's Sumatra island to French Polynesia, had dropped 20 percent in the past two decades. They said the decline was driven by climate change, disease and coastal development. Links: Indonesia, Environment, North Carolina, Polynesia
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2007 Aug 9 |
A small airplane plunged into the sea moments after taking off from the French Polynesian resort island of Moorea, apparently killing all 20 people aboard in the territory's worst-ever plane crash. Links: Polynesia
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2011 Oct 9 |
In French Polynesia German tourist Stefan Ramin (40) was murdered while visiting Nuku Hiva island. Haiti, a 31-year-old local guide, said Ramin was injured and then attempted to sexually assault Ramin’s girlfriend Heike Dorsch (37). Human remains were found in a charred pit on the island on Oct 12. Links: France, Germany, Murder, Polynesia, Rape
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