Friday 21st of August 1959 (x) — Hawaii is admitted as 50th of the United States Hawaii is the only U.S. state located outside North America.
Thursday 28th of September 1989 (-) — Dictator of the Philippines Ferdinand Marcos dies of of kidney, heart and lung ailments The Aquino government refused to allow Marcos' body to be brought back to the Philippines. The body was only brought back to the Philippines four years after Marcos' death during the term of President Fidel Ramos. From 1993 to 2016 his remains were interred inside a refrigerated crypt in Ilocos Norte.