MHLO: Marshall Islands Online
The Marshall Islands, whose IOC, FIFA and ISO 3166-1 three-letter code is MHL.
The Marshall Islands, officially the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI),
is a Micronesian island nation in the western Pacific Ocean, located north of
Nauru and Kiribati, east of the Federated States of Micronesia and south of the
U.S. territory of Wake Island, to which it lays claim.
History
History of the Marshall Islands
Although they were settled by Micronesians in the 2nd millennium BC, little is
known of the early history of the islands. Spanish explorer Alonso de Salazar
was the first European to sight the Marshall Islands in 1526, but the islands
remained virtually unvisited by Europeans for several more centuries, before the
arrival of British Captain John Marshall in 1788; the islands owe their name to
him.
A German trading company settled on the islands in 1885, and they became part of
the protectorate of German New Guinea some years later. Japan conquered the
islands in World War I, and administered them as a League of Nations mandate.
In World War II, the United States occupied the islands (1944), and they were
added to the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (including several more
island groups in the South Sea). Between 1946 and 1958 the United States tested
66 nuclear weapons in the Marshall Islands, including the largest nuclear test
the United States ever conducted, Castle Bravo. Nuclear claims between the
United States and the Marshall Islands are ongoing, and health effects still
linger from these tests. (see Rongelap)
In 1979 the Government of the Marshall Islands was officially established and
the country became self-governing. In 1986 the Compact of Free Association with
the United States entered into force, granting the Republic of the Marshall
Islands (RMI) its sovereignty. The Compact provided for aid and U.S. defense of
the islands in exchange for continued U.S. military use of the missile testing
range at Kwajalein Atoll. The independence was formally completed under
international law in 1990, when the UN officially ended the Trusteeship status.
On March 21, 2007, the government of the Marshall Islands declared a state of
emergency after water ran out amid a prolonged drought.
MHL may refer to:
The Marshall Islands, whose IOC, FIFA and ISO 3166-1 three-letter code is MHL.
The Mennonite Historical Library, a collection of resources and artifacts
pertaining to Mennonites and related Anabaptist groups located at Goshen College
in Goshen, Indiana. The three-letter Amtrak code for the station in Marshall,
Texas. Most Haunted Live, a live broadcast of the British television programme
Most Haunted, investigating purported paranormal activity. The Mississauga
Hockey League, a minor hockey league in Mississauga, Ontario. The Manitoba
Hockey League, a professional ice hockey league that operated until 1909.
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