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The United States purchased St. Thomas, St. John, and Saint Croix as a defensive strategy related to the Panama Canal during WWI.

1917-01-01 • US Virgin Islands

The United States purchased St. Thomas, Saint John, and Saint Croix as part of a defensive strategy during the First World War.

1917-01-01 • US Virgin Islands

The U.S. took possession of the islands.

1917-03-31 • Virgin Islands

U.S. citizenship was granted to the inhabitants of the islands.

1927-01-01 • U.S. Virgin Islands

The U.S. took possession of the islands from Denmark.

1917-03-31 • Virgin Islands

Publication of a New York Times article on the NSA's expansion of internet spying at the U.S. border.

2015-06-04 • U.S. Border

Publication of an article on NSA internet spying by Charlie Savage et al. in the New York Times.

2015-06-04

Publication of the article 'Hunting for Hackers, N.S.A. Secretly Expands Internet Spying at U.S. Border' in the New York Times.

2015-06-04 • N/A

Intensification of the trade war between the United States and China.

Date unknown

Revision of the US-South Korea trade agreement.

2018-01-01