Happy Birthday to Solomon Islands!

Solomon Islander boys. Rugby is played in Solomon Islands. *Photo from Wikipedia

July 7 is Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Solomon Islands from the United Kingdom in 1978.

Britain defined its area of interest in the Solomon Islands archipelago in June 1893, when Captain Gibson R.N., of HMS Curacoa (corvette of the Royal Navy, United Kingdom’s principal naval warfare force), declared the southern Solomon Islands as a British Protectorate with the proclamation of the British Solomon Islands Protectorate.
The official name of the then British overseas territory was changed from “the British Solomon Islands Protectorate” to “Solomon Islands” in 1975. Self-government was achieved in 1976. Independence was obtained two years later.


*Reference: Wikipedia