- 1944-09-15 US troops land on islands of Palau and Morotai, western Pacific
- 1981-01-01 Palau (Trust Territory of Pacific Is) becomes self-governing
- 1981-01-11 Palau adopts constitution
- 1986-01-10 Pacific island nation of Palau signs Compact of Free Association with US
- 1994-12-15 Palau becomes a member of the UN
- 1916-07-19 James D. Ramage, American Naval Aviator in World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War and the Cold War, born in Waterloo, Iowa (d. 2012)
- 1923-07-28 Kent Lee, American vice-admiral (WW II-Marianas, Korea and Vietnam), born in Florence County, South Carolina (d. 2017)