#TBT: October 9, 2025
About a century ago, some St. Thomians in the US Virgin Islands lived in traditional thatch-roofed...
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#TBT: October 2, 2025
Richard Barrett Lowe was the governor (and fifth appointed civil governor) of American Samoa and...
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#TBT: September 25, 2025
Dutch privateer Boudewijn Hendricksz attacks San Juan on September 25, 1625, and resides in La...
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Escaped slaves on St. Croix hid their settlements so well, they still haven’t been found – archaeologists using new mapping technology are on the hunt
By Justin Dunnavant, University of California, Los Angeles “For a long time now, a large number of...
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#TBT: September 18, 2025
From September to October 1895, Andrew Jenson toured the Samoan islands, including American Samoa,...
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#TBT: September 11, 2025
Senator Hiram L. Fong of Hawaii introduced S. Con. Res. 50 in August 1965, proposing that...
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#TBT: September 4, 2025
Born on September 4, 1940, Tufele Li’amatua was an American Samoan politician, businessman,...
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#TBT: August 28, 2025
On August 28, 2019, Hurricane Dorian struck the US Virgin Islands, which were affected primarily...
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#TBT: August 21, 2025
60 years ago today, the Guam Economic Development Authority was founded, after the signing of...
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#TBT: August 7, 2025
On August 7, 2019, Puerto Rico’s Secretary of Justice Wanda Vázquez Garced was sworn in as Puerto...
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#TBT: July 31, 2025
#TBT: On July 31, 1969, Owen Aspinall ended his term as the 45th Governor of American Samoa....
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#TBT: July 24, 2025
On July 24, 1944, the United States invaded Tinian Island in the Northern Mariana Islands as part...
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