On the Danish flag, the cross design, which represents Christianity, was subsequently adopted by the other Nordic countries ; Sweden, Norway, Finland, Iceland, Åland Islands and the Faroe Islands, as well as the Scottish archipelagos of Shetland and Orkney.

On the Faroe Islands St. John's Eve ( jóansøka ) is generally not celebrated.

On 30 July 2011 at the 2014 FIFA World Cup preliminary draw, Germany were placed in Group C. They commence their qualifying campaign in late 2012 in a group that features contenders Sweden, Republic of Ireland, Austria, Faroe Islands and Kazakhstan

On September 30, 2006 Gestir performed a special concert at the Nordic House, Torshavn, Faroe Islands, in celebration of their album release.

On 3 February 2004 Jóannes Eidesgaard was elected Prime Minister and therefore became head of the government ( Løgmaður ) in the Faroe Islands.

On March 22, 2009 the Faroe Islands played Iceland in a Friendly match and beat them 2 – 1.

On September 9, 2009, Faroe Islands recorded their first competitive win since the 2002 World Cup qualification stage after beating Lithuania 2 – 1.

On 11 August 2010, the Faroe Islands came close to an away win in Estonia during the UEFA Euro 2012 qualifiers.

On 7 June 2011, the Faroe Islands defeated Estonia 2 – 0 at Svangaskarð.

On October 26, 2011 Brian Kerr stepped down as coach of the Faroe Islands national team, after Faroe Islands Football Association ( FSF ) announced that " it was not possible to agree a new contract with Brian Kerr ".

On November 8, 2011 the Faroese Football Association announced that an agreement had been reached with the 50 year old former Denmark captain and European Champion from 1992, Lars Olsen, to become the next coach of the Faroe Islands.

On the Faroe Islands a collection was organized to raise enough money to buy back the people.

On 2 July 1988 the Faroe Islands gained membership of FIFA, and on 18 April 1990 they gained membership of UEFA.

On that voyage — which took him to the Grand Banks, the Irish coast, the Shetland Islands, and the Faroe Islands — he took 14 prizes.

On 10 October, he scored for France against Faroe in the 53rd minute.

On 16 November 2010 Crainey made a return to the Scotland set up under Craig Levein for a friendly against the Faroe Islands at Pittodrie to claim his seventh cap.

On the club level, before coming to China, Ninoslav Milenković was active for FK Mladost Lučani and FK Hajduk Kula in Serbia, B36 Tórshavn in the Faroe Islands, Sint-Truidense, Germinal Beerschot, K. Lierse S. K.

On 26 December 2004, the coast of the Andaman Islands was devastated by a high tsunami following the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake.

On 11 August 2009, a magnitude 7 earthquake struck near the Andaman Islands, causing a tsunami warning to go into effect.

On 30 March 2010, a magnitude 6. 9 earthquake struck near the Andaman Islands.

On September 7, 2006, the CIA also merged the entries for Bassas da India, Europa Island, the Glorioso Islands, Juan de Nova Island, and Tromelin Island into a new Iles Eparses entry.

On 11 June 1980, the United States signed a treaty with the Cook Islands specifying the maritime border between the Cook Islands and American Samoa and also relinquishing its claim to the islands of Penrhyn, Pukapuka, Manihiki, and Rakahanga.

On 18 August, Fiji Islands Revenue and Customs Authority chief executive Tevita Banuve said that importers would be given two weeks to clear their kava stock from the wharf.

On 1 January 1983 the Falkland Islanders gained British citizenship under the British Nationality ( Falkland Islands ) Act 1983, and on 3 October 1985 the Constitution of the Falkland Islands was established.

* 241 BC: On March 10 the Battle of the Aegates Islands is fought, with a decisive Roman victory.

On 9 May 2008, the Falkland Islands Government asserted that the minefields which represent 0. 1 % of the available farmland on the islands " present no long term social or economic difficulties for the Falklands " and that the impact of clearing the mines would cause more problems than containing them.

On 5 March a German naval squadron landed in the southwestern archipelago of Finland, on the Åland Islands, which the Swedish military expedition had taken over in mid-February.

On the second voyage, in 1456, Cadamosto became the first European to reach the Cape Verde Islands.

On January 21, 2008, the Solomon Times reported that Italy had " pledged to convene an Italian-Pacific Islands Forum towards the end of 2008 ".

On January 6th 2009, that entity was upgraded to the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument by President George W. Bush.

On July 30, 2007, a constitutional reform gave the Juan Fernández Islands and Easter Island the status of special territories of Chile.

On 20 September 1979, representatives of the United States and Kiribati met on Tarawa Atoll in the Gilberts group of Kiribati, and signed a treaty of friendship between their two nations ( commonly referred to as the Treaty of Tarawa of 1979 ) by which the United States recognized Kiribati's sovereignty over Malden and thirteen other islands in the Line and Phoenix Islands groups.

Archaeological Test-Excavations On The Maldive Islands.

On September 29, 1914, Japanese troops occupied the atoll of Enewetak, and on September 30, 1914 the atoll of Jaluit the administrative center of the Marshall Islands.

On September 15, 2007, Witon Barry ( of the Tobolar Copra processing plant in the Marshall Islands capital of Majuro ) said power authorities, private companies, and entrepreneurs had been experimenting with coconut oil as alternative to diesel fuel for vehicles, power generators, and ships.

On April 23, 1998, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of the Marshall Islands issued an official Circular Note, denouncing representatives of both " EnenKio " and " Melchizedek " for making fraudulent representations.

On 6 December 1786, an Order in Council was issued, designating " the Eastern Coast of New South Wales, or some one or other of the Islands adjacent " as the destination for transported convicts, as required by the Transportation Act of 1784 ( 24 Geo. III, c. 56 ) that authorised the sending of convicted felons to any place appointed by the King in Council.

On February 26, 1862, King Kamehameha IV of the Hawaiian Islands commissioned Captain Zenas Bent and Johnson Beswick Wilkinson, both Hawaiian citizens, to take possession of the atoll, and on April 15, 1862, it was formally annexed to the Kingdom of Hawaii.

On a bitterly cold day in January, 1895, accompanied only by Neal Brown as his deputy, Tilghman left the township of Guthrie and headed for Rock Fort and Dunn's ranch.

On a military mission for his native Virginia the youthful George Washington touched off the French and Indian War, then guarded his colony's frontier as head of its militia.

On the glass partition between me and the driver were three signs: one asked for help for the blind, another help for orphans, and the third for relief for the war refugees.

One beat poet composes a poem, `` Lines On A Tijuana John '', which contains a few happy hints for survival.

On the one hand, he does not work for a large agency, but is almost always self-employed.

On this basis, certain extreme kinds of networks will be discussed for illustrative purposes.

On December 21, the day that the Irish House of Commons petitioned for removal of Sir Constantine Phipps, their Tory Lord Chancellor, Molesworth reportedly made this remark on the defense of Phipps by Convocation: `` They that have turned the world upside down, are come hither also ''.

On one visit he stopped at the office of the American, where he was known surreptitiously as `` the Great White Chief '', and for the first time met his managing editor, fat Moses Koenigsberg.

On returning to New York he had a job for several weeks ; ;

On the other hand, the consensus of opinion is that, used with caution and in conjunction with other types of evidence, the native sources still provide a valid rough outline for the English settlement of southern Britain.

On New Year's Eve, Alfred Harcourt drove him up the Hudson to Bill Brown's Training Camp, a well-known establishment for the speedy if temporary rehabilitation of drunkards who could no longer help themselves.

On net balance, in spite of Controller Gerosa's opposition to the new Charter as an invasion of his office, the Controller will have the opportunity for greater usefulness to good government than he has now.

`` On trial in Jakarta for having flown for the Indonesian anti-Communist insurgents, U.S. pilot Alan Lawrence Pope boldly told the court that in supporting the freedom fighters, he was actually defending the sovereignty and independence of Indonesia.

On the other hand, it is no interference with sovereignty to point out defects where they exist, such as that a plan calls for factories without power to run them, or for institutions without trained personnel to staff them.

On September 16, Sam Rayburn will have served as Speaker twice as long as any predecessor and I am proud to join with others in marking this date, and in expressing my esteem for that notable American, Sam Rayburn.

On the basis that all citizens of the state are entitled to benefit equally in the development of its resources, plans for the provision of essential services ( such as water ) will be based on need regardless of arbitrary political boundaries, within the framework of the state plan.

On the other hand, the new authority of $3,825 million proposed for missile procurement ( excluding research and construction ) in 1961 is $581 million higher than for 1960.

On this basis, our already substantial budget for research and development has been further increased in recent years in order to finance the continuing engineering and design work essential to Leesona's future growth in sales and earnings.