American Samoa Deed of Cession (Tutuila)
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.
Sources
- asbar.org asbar.org/cession-of-tutuila-and-aunuu
- americansamoa.noaa.gov americansamoa.noaa.gov/learn/history.html
Also on April 17
1975