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Palau reports their first cases of COVID-19 in two people who travelled from Guam and were placed in quarantine with their known contacts.
2021-08-21

Guam Governor Lou Leon Guerrero tests positive for COVID-19.
2020-08-10

United States Navy Captain Brett Crozier requests urgent help from The Pentagon following an outbreak of COVID-19 aboard the USS "Theodore Roosevelt" aircraft carrier, which is currently docked in Guam. Crozier has recommended quarantining almost the entire crew of 4,000.
2020-03-31

Anthony Sablan Apuron, the former Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Agaña, Guam is found guilty on charges of the sexual abuse of minors by a tribunal. He is suspended from the exercise of his authority over the archdiocese.
2018-03-16

Hours after Trump made this remark, North Korea says it is "carefully examining" a missile strike against United States territory of Guam.
2017-08-8

The 12th Festival of Pacific Arts opens at Paseo Stadium in Guam.
2016-05-22

The Governor of the U.S. territory of Guam Eddie Calvo announces his intention to hold a plebiscite to decide the future political status of the island. Calvo said he hopes to start a successful "education campaign" on the issue before filing a petition to start a referendum. If the plebiscite does take place, voters on Guam would be asked to select which political status they would prefer; independence, statehood, or free association However, the possible vote would be non-binding as any change in political status would require an act of Congress in Washington, D.C.. Guam is currently on the United Nations list of Non-Self-Governing Territories in need of decolonization.
2016-04-2

The United States announces that it is moving an advanced missile defence system to the Pacific island of Guam in response to North Korean threats.
2013-04-4

Three people are dead and 11 are wounded in a stabbing attack on the U.S. territory island of Guam.
2013-02-12

Northern Mariana Islands Governor Benigno Fitial and Guam Governor Eddie Calvo state that they are in serious talks to potentially merge the U.S. territories of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands.
2011-07-19