Sources: RNZI
The French government issues a decree banning smoking in several public spaces, near schools, and where children gather. However, electronic cigarettes are exempt from the ban. 2025-06-28
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
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
Cyclone Rene heads for Tonga and Niue after brushing American Samoa. 2010-02-14