April 17, 1900 · Tutuila, American Samoa

American Samoa Deed of Cession (Tutuila)

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.

Sources

asbar.org asbar.org/cession-of-tutuila-and-aunuu
americansamoa.noaa.gov americansamoa.noaa.gov/learn/history.html

Also on April 17

April 17, 1975 history

Fall of Phnom Penh

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