c 1150: Talatama, Tuʻi Tonga, dies without having any sons. To keep the succession pure, he is replaced first by a block of wood said to be his son and only then by his brother.
c 1400: Anagumang returns home to Yap from Palau with the great limestone disks that would become Yap's currency.
1863: Peruvian 'Blackbird' ships take 180 people from Funafuti to mine the guano deposits on the Chincha Islands.
1869: Tongan exile Enele Maʻafu is declared Tui of the Lau Islands. Two years later he submits to Seru Epenisa Cakobau of Bao uniting the Islands under one King for the first time
1888: Sixteen German marines are ambushed and killed at Vailele by forces loyal to Mata'afa Iosef, the candidate for Malietoa that the Germans were trying to support.
1889: Franceville declares itself an independent commune and holds an election where all residents vote though only white males are allowed to stand for office.
1914: Maximilian von Spee destroys the British cable relay station on Fanning Island after approaching under a French Flag.
1940: The German auxiliary cruisers Orion and Komet sink four merchant ships and shell the phosphate mining areas that supply Australia and New Zealand.
1943: Biuku Gasa and Eroni Kumana find John F Kennedy and ten other men marooned on Olasana Island after their Torpedo Boat sunk.
1944: Nearly 11,000 US soldiers are killed or injured winning the Battle of Peleliu against the Japanese.
1946: The United States detonates two Nuclear weapons at Bikini Atoll.
1956: The 'Blood in the Water' water polo match takes place between Hungary and the USSR at the Summer Olympics during the Hungarian Revolution.
1968: A tax rebellion in the Bismarck Archipelago breaks out led by a Cultist who plans to buy President Lyndon Johnson, make him King of New Hanover and have him fly in cargo.
1987: The All Blacks win the first Rugby Union world cup when they beat France at their home ground of Eden Park.
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