Category: Context of islands
#TBT: July 30, 2026
Lawrence W. Cramer, newly appointed governor of the Virgin Islands, appeared before the Senate...
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#TBT: July 23, 2026
The Second Battle of Guam occurred from July 21 to August 10, 1944. By July 23, United States...
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The fight over fishing access in Rose Atoll, American Samoa’s most protected waters, in context
The future of fishing access around Rose Atoll is uncertain after the Western Pacific Regional...
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#TBT: July 16, 2026
Born April 16, 1866, José de Diego y Martínez was a Puerto Rican statesman, journalist, poet,...
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#TBT: July 9, 2026
On July 9, 1944, the Battle of Saipan in the Northern Mariana Islands ended, 24 days after the...
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Super Typhoon Bavi strikes Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, less than 3 months after Sinlaku
Super Typhoon Bavi made landfall over the Northern Mariana Islands and Guam on July 6, 2026,...
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#TBT: July 2, 2026
Tui Manuʻa Elisala was the last Tui Manu’a titleholder (paramount chief) in the Manuʻa...
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US Supreme Court rules birthright citizenship cannot be redefined—and territory advocates say it applies to them too
The United States Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that President Donald Trump’s executive order...
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#TBT: June 18, 2026
Operation Stevedore was the operation for the American recapture of the then Japanese-held island...
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#TBT: June 11, 2026
Among the versions of the origin of Puerto Rico’s flag design is that the idea of inverting...
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Thirteen years providing the missing context of islands
In most buildings, the elevator skips the 13th floor. The number is omitted, passed over quietly,...
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#TBT: June 4, 2026
A “Satan”, an M3 Stuart tank with a Ronson flamethrower, incinerates a Japanese...
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