Sources: RNZI
A seventh passenger from a Hawaiian Airlines flight from Honolulu, Hawaii, tests positive for COVID-19. The plane landed in American Samoa on January 6, 2022. 2022-01-19
Voters in 14 U.S. states and American Samoa go to the polls in this year's Super Tuesday. 2020-03-3
A North Korean merchant ship loaded with coal, seized by the United States in the East China Sea for suspected sanctions violation, arrives in Pago Pago, American Samoa. 2019-05-11
The Supreme Court of the United States accepts a petition by five people from American Samoa arguing that people born in this U.S. territory are entitled to U.S citizenship under the United States Constitution. The State Department currently opposes this idea. 2016-06-2
Voters in the U.S. states of Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Colorado, Georgia, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, and the overseas territory of American Samoa go to the polls to vote on Super Tuesday. 2016-03-1
The world's shortest man ever recorded, Chandra Bahadur Dangi, dies from pneumonia in an American Samoan hospital at age 75. Dangi lived with his family in Dang District, Nepal. His height, listed in the Guinness World Records, is 54.6 centimeters - 21.5 inches. 2015-09-4
Russia enacts a law banning smoking on subways and in schools. 2013-02-25
A ban on the display of tobacco products by retailers comes into force in England. Lawmakers hope it will lead to a reduction in the number of young people taking up smoking. 2012-04-6
Nepal bans smoking in public places. [https:--web.archive.org-web-20110808012552-http:--www.straitstimes.com-BreakingNews-Asia-Story-STIStory_699698.html ("Straits Times")2011-08-7
The American Samoa Constitutional Convention, the first to be held since 1986, opens in Pago Pago. 2010-06-22