Tydings-McDuffie Act Signed
President Roosevelt signed the Philippine Independence Act, which reclassified Filipinos in the US from 'nationals' to 'aliens' and cut Filipino immigration to a quota of 50 per year.
On this day
March 24
Northern Mariana Islands Covenant Approved
Congress approved the Covenant making the Northern Mariana Islands a US commonwealth and extending US citizenship to its CHamoru and Carolinian people; CNMI marks the date as Covenant Day. (Shares Mar 24 with the 1934 Tydings-McDuffie Act.)