2014 Event U.S. President Barack Obama proposes vast expansion of the Pacific Remote Islands Marine Reserve, increasing the protected ocean area to over 780,000 square miles within nautical boundaries of U.S. Pacific territories 1997 Event British lease on New Territories in Hong Kong expires 1991 Event Territories of Amapa and Roraima become states in Brazil 1990 Event Iraq President Saddam Hussein says he is ready to resolve Gulf crisis if Israel withdraws from occupied territories 1967 Event Yellowknife replaces Ottawa as capital of NW Territories, Canada 1941 Event All Jews over age 6 in German territories ordered to wear a star 1924 Event Memel territories given to Lithuania 1898 Event China leases Hong Kong's new territories to Britain for 99 years 1882 Event Edmunds Act adopted by U.S. to suppress polygamy in the territories 1870 Event Manitoba becomes 5th Canadian province and NW Territories created 1870 Event Hudson's Bay and Northwest Territories transferred to Canada 1870 Event Manitoba and Northwest Territories incorporated 1862 Event Slavery outlawed in U.S. territories 1861 Event U.S. creates Dakota and Nevada Territories out of the Nebraska and Utah territories 1861 Event Territories of Nevada and Colorado created 1854 Event Territories of Kansas and Nebraska created 1850 Event Territories of New Mexico and Utah created 1848 Event Slavery abolished in all French territories
