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1944 July 9
 
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American marines win the island of Saipan in the Marianas, bringing Japan within range of US bombers      
1945  February 19
 
   
American marines land on Japanese-occupied Iwo Jima, a volcanic island 650 miles southeast of Tokyo      
1945  March 24
 
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At a cost of 20,000 dead, US marines win full control of the small strategic island of Iwo Jima      
1946
 
   
The first of about 20 US tests of atomic and hydrogen bombs is carried out on Bikini Atoll, in the Pacific      
1951
 
    
The first hydrogen bomb is successfully tested by the US at Enewetak Atoll in the Marshall Islands       
2011  December 29
 
    
Samoa and Tokelau move themselves from east to west of the International Date Line to coincide their date with their nearest trading partners       
2012  June 24
 
    
The death of Lonesome George, a giant tortoise in the Galapagos Islands, means that his subspecies becomes extinct