On this day
2 verified events
history
High chiefs of Tutuila signed a Deed of Cession transferring the island to the United States; American Samoa's people became US nationals-a status that, uniquely, still does not confer birthright citizenship.
history
The Khmer Rouge captured Phnom Penh and emptied the city at gunpoint, beginning a genocide that killed some 1.5-2 million Cambodians and drove waves of survivors to seek refuge in the US. (Shares Apr 17 with the 1900 American Samoa cession.)
Content note: genocide