Marshall Islands Timeline of Events

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Marshall Islands

The Republic of the Marshall Islands , , is a Micronesian nation of atolls and islands in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, just west of the International Date Line and just north of the Equator. As of July 2011 the population was 67,182...

Timeline of Events

1944

1.31.1944

World War II: American forces land on Kwajalein Atoll and other islands in the Japanese-held Marshall Islands.

1990

12.22.1990

Final independence of Marshall Islands and Federated States of Micronesia after termination of trusteeship.

1991

9.17.1991

Estonia, North Korea, South Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, the Marshall Islands and Micronesia join the United Nations.