February 10 – The United States Coast Guard are deployed to American Samoa to perform various exercises, including the boarding of six U.S.-flagged commercial fishing vessels, and six foreign vessels.[2]
April 3 – The state of Alaska charges ten people from American Samoa with illegally voting in local elections in the town of Whittier. Unlike other U.S. territories, American Samoans are not American citizens but rather U.S. nationals, and thus not allowed to vote in Alaskan elections.[3]
April 17 – The 125th American Samoa Flag Day is celebrated in Pago Pago.[4]
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