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220Mil BC |
Bacteria and single-celled animals and plants from this period became encased in tree resin on the northern edge of the Tethys Ocean. Scientists in 2006 studied the organisms in amber of this time from a town in the Italian Dolomites. Ciliates and amoeba in the amber appeared identical to modern examples. Links: Italy, Micronesia, HistoryBC 
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1945 |
After WW II the Caroline Islands became trust territories of the United States, eventually gaining independence as Micronesia in 1986 and Palau in 1994. Links: USA, Micronesia, Palau, Caroline Islands
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1971 |
Australia joined with New Zealand and 14 independent of self-governing island nations to form the South Pacific Forum. The name was changed in 2000 to Pacific Islands Forum. Member states include: Australia, the Cook Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, the Marshall Islands, Nauru, New Zealand, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, the Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu. Since 2006, associate members territories are New Caledonia and French Polynesia. In 2011 Guam, the Northern Marianas and American Samoa became associate members. Links: Australia, Marshall Islands, New Zealand, Guam, Samoa, Fiji, Cook Islands, Vanuatu, Nauru, Papua New Guinea, Marianas, Micronesia, Kiribati, Niue, Palau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Solomon Islands
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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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1976 Oct |
Dr. Carleton Gajdusek shared the Nobel Prize in medicine for proving the existence of a certain kind of virus. In 1996 he was arrested on charges of molesting a teenage boy whom he brought from Micronesia to live with him in Maryland. Links: USA, Nobel Prize, Maryland, Medical, Sex, Micronesia
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1986 Oct 21 |
The US, Micronesia and the Marshall Islands formed a Compact of Free Association (CFA). Tens of millions in economic benefits along with security and defense of the islands was exchanged for the right to deny access to third countries. The US paid $270 million in compensation to nuclear victims under the 1st phase of the CFA (1986-2001), insisting that was a full and final arrangement. Links: USA, Marshall Islands, Nuclear, Micronesia
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1991 Sep 17 |
The U.N. General Assembly opened its 46th session, welcoming new members Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, North and South Korea, the Marshall Islands and Micronesia. Links: North Korea, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, UN, South Korea, Marshall Islands, Micronesia
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1993 Jul |
In Japan the Aum Shinri Kyo cult again pumped a slurry of liquid anthrax into a sprayer and shot it near the Imperial Palace and around central Tokyo without success. Links: Japan, Micronesia
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2002 Jul 3 |
At least 39 people were killed and more feared dead when landslides caused by Typhoon Chata'an destroyed houses on the western Pacific island of Chuuk in Micronesia. Links: Micronesia
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2003 Aug 14 |
The 16-member Pacific Islands Forum (Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, the Cook Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, Kiribati, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, the Marshall Islands, Samoa, the Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu) planned to create a region-wide aviation market aimed at encouraging tourism. Links: Australia, Marshall Islands, New Zealand, Samoa, Fiji, Cook Islands, Vanuatu, Nauru, Papua New Guinea, Micronesia, Kiribati, Palau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Nieu, Solomon Islands
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2005 Dec 6 |
China reported that a 10-year old girl in the Guangxi region had tested positive for bird flu, its 4th case of the deadly H5N1 strain. Links: China, Bird Flu, Micronesia
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2007 Feb 2 |
Gov. Rick Perry issued an order making Texas the 1st state to require schoolgirls get vaccinated against the sexually transmitted virus that causes cervical cancer. Links: USA, Texas, Cancer, Micronesia
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2007 Aug 12 |
In southwest Missouri a gunman opened fire at the First Congregational Church killing three people and wounded five. The local Micronesian congregation rented the church for its services and the gunman, also Micronesian, deliberately targeted elders of the congregation. Suspect Eiken Elam Saimon was charged with murder. On March 20, 2009, Saimon (54) pleaded guilty to 3 counts of murder. Links: USA, Murder, Missouri, Micronesia
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2007 Nov 22 |
The World Health Organization said an outbreak of Rift Valley Fever in Sudan has killed 164 people. Links: Sudan, WHO, Micronesia
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2007 Dec 7 |
Australian police said they had smashed an international cocaine smuggling ring spanning three continents and operating out of the Netherlands, Thailand and Canada. Of the total 40 people arrested, 14 Canadian and Australian nationals of Chinese and Vietnamese descent were picked up in Sydney and Melbourne over the past six months. Australian conman Peter Foster, once linked to the "Cheriegate" scandal involving the wife of former prime minister Tony Blair, was jailed for money laundering. Foster, who pleaded guilty to a charge related to fraudulently obtaining 234,000 US dollars from the Bank of the Federated States of Micronesia, was sentenced to four-and-a-half years. Links: Australia, Canada, Netherlands, Thailand, Drugs, Micronesia
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2008 May |
Pacific Island nations imposed a series of measures aimed at halting overfishing. 8 of 17 members of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission agreed on the measures In December the 9 remaining members joined in imposing a conservation agenda on 20 million square miles to take effect on January 1, 2010. The 17 members included Australia, Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, New Zealand, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu. Links: Australia, Marshall Islands, New Zealand, Samoa, Fiji, Fish, Cook Islands, Vanuatu, Nauru, Papua New Guinea, Micronesia, Kiribati, Niue, Palau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Tokelau, Solomon Islands
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2013 Nov 7 |
China’s Vice Premier Wang Yang said China will provide a concessionary loan of up to $1 billion to Pacific island nations to support construction projects in a part of the world where Beijing and Taiwan compete for influence. He made the announcement at a forum with Pacific island nations in Guangzhou at a meeting attended by representatives from Micronesia, Samoa, Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu, the Cook Islands, Tonga, Niue and Fiji. Links: China, Samoa, Fiji, Cook Islands, Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea, Micronesia, Niue, Tonga
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2016 Jul 15 |
UNESCO put four new sites on its World Heritage List. The new sites, announced in Istanbul, include China's Zuojiang Huashan rock art cultural landscape, Iran's ancient aqueducts known as Qanat, and India's archaeological site of Nalanda Mahavihara. The World Heritage Committee also selected Micronesia's artificial islets of Nan Madol and simultaneously placed it on the List of World Heritage in Danger. Links: China, India, UN, Iran, Micronesia
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2016 Sep 8 |
Pacific island leaders opened their annual regional summit with a colourful ceremony in Micronesia, as some of the world's smallest nations vowed to put up a big fight against climate change. Links: Environment, Micronesia
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2018 Sep 28 |
In Micronesia a flotilla of small boats rescued all 47 passengers and crew from an Air Niugini flight that crashed into the sea short of the runway at the Chuuk Island Airport at Weno. One man was later said to be missing. Links: Air Crash, Micronesia
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2019 Apr 2 |
In Hawaii Master Halbert (44), a Micronesia government official, pleaded guilty in US District Court in Honolulu to conspiring to launder bribe money he accepted from the president of Lyon Associates Inc., a Hawaii civil engineering company. Links: USA, Hawaii, Micronesia, Corruption
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2020 Jan |
The Federated States of Micronesia banned entry to travelers late this month from countries with confirmed cases of the coronavirus. Links: Micronesia, COVID-19
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2021 Jan 12 |
Micronesia reported its firstcase of the coronavirus after a crew member on an arriving ship tested positive. Links: Micronesia, COVID-19
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2021 Feb |
The Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) and four other nations started their withdrawal from the Pacific Island Forum (PIF), saying that an informal agreement to elect a new chief diplomat from their Micronesia sub-region was not honored. Links: Micronesia
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2021 Sep 3 |
It was reported that the Federated States of Micronesia will tap a US funding facility to construct a Pacific undersea communications cable, after rejecting a Chinese company-led proposal that was deemed a security threat by US officials. Links: USA, Micronesia
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2022 Feb 12 |
The Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) said that it will temporarily rescind its withdrawal from the Pacific's main political forum, as US Secretary Antony Blinken paid a strategic visit to the Pacific Island region. Links: USA, Micronesia
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2022 Jun 7 |
In Fiji six Pacific Islands Forum nations (Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Palau, Marshall Islands and Samoa) agreed on how to overcome a major rift and proposed reforms to the region's major diplomatic group, which they said would strengthen solidarity and bolster them against internal and external pressures. Links: Marshall Islands, Samoa, Fiji, Cook Islands, Micronesia, Palau
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2022 Jul 19 |
Micronesia announced that it had become aware of multiple coronavirus cases across two of the nation’s four states. Links: Micronesia, COVID-19
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2022 Jul 25 |
Micronesia reported 140 new COVID-19 cases, bringing its total to 1,261. Its first outbreak of COVID-19 grew in one week to more than 1,000 cases. 75% of people age 5 and over were fully vaccinated. Links: Micronesia, COVID-19
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