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media type="youtube" key="kY04gyl83NE" height="315" width="560" Exiled group aboard German warship taking them to [|Saipan]. Standing 3rd from the left is [|Lauaki Namulauulu Mamoe], 1909. New Zealand sailors removing the white strip from [|lava-lava], the insignia of the Mau uniform, circa 1930 See also: [|Mau movement] From 1908, with the establishment of the [|Mau movement] ("opinion movement"), Western Samoans began to assert their claim to independence. The early beginnings of the national Mau movement began in 1908 with the 'Mau a Pule' resistance on Savai'i, led by orator chief [|Lauaki Namulau'ulu Mamoe]. Lauaki and Mau a Pule chiefs, wives and children were exiled to [|Saipan] in 1909. Many died in exile.[|[][|9][|]] Shortly after the outbreak of World War I, in August 1914, [|New Zealand] sent an expeditionary force to [|seize and occupy German Samoa]. Although Germany refused to officially surrender the islands, no resistance was offered and the occupation took place without any fighting. New Zealand continued the occupation of Western Samoa throughout World War I. In 1919, under the [|Treaty of Versailles], Germany relinquished its claims to the islands. The Mau movement gained momentum with Samoa's royal leaders becoming more visible in supporting the peoples movement but strongly opposed violence. On 28 December 1929 Tupua Tamasese was shot along with eleven others during a peaceful demonstration in Apia. Tupua Tamasese died the following day, with the advice that no more blood should be shed. New Zealand administered Western Samoa first as a [|League of Nations] [|Mandate] and then as a United Nations [|trusteeship] until the country received its independence on 1 January 1962 as [|Western Samoa].[|[][|10][|]] Samoa's first prime minister following independence was paramount chief [|Fiame Mata'afa Faumuina Mulinu'u II]. Samoa was the first [|Polynesian] people to be recognized as a sovereign nation in the 20th century. In 1977, Queen Elizabeth II visited the Samoa during her tour of the Commonwealth. In July 1997 the constitution was amended to change the country's name from "Western Samoa" to "Samoa." Samoa had been known simply as "Samoa" in the United Nations since joining the organization in 1976. The neighboring U.S. territory of [|American Samoa] protested the move, feeling that the change diminished its own Samoan identity. American Samoans still use the terms "Western Samoa" and "Western Samoans." In 2002, New Zealand's prime minister [|Helen Clark] formally apologized for two incidents during the period of New Zealand's administration: a failure in 1918 to [|quarantine] the [|SS Talune], which carried the [|'Spanish 'flu'] to Samoa, leading to an epidemic which devastated the Samoan population, and the shooting of leaders of the non-violent [|Mau movement] during a ceremonial procession in 1929. In 2007, Samoa's first Head of State, His Highness Malietoa Tanumafili II, died at the age of 95. He held this title jointly with Tupua Tamasese Lealofi until his death in 1963. The late Malietoa Tanumafili II was Samoa's Head of State for 45 years. He was the son of Malietoa Tanumafili I, who was the last Samoan king recognized by Europe and the Western World. Samoa's current Head of State is His Highness Tui-Atua Tupua Tamasese Tupuola Efi, who was anointed the Head of State title with the unanimous endorsement of Samoa's Parliament. A symbol of traditional Samoan protocol in alignment with Samoan decision making stressing the importance of consensus in the 21st century.

//**Independence Day**// is a 1996 American [|military science fiction] [|disaster film] about an [|alien invasion] of Earth. The narrative focuses on a disparate group of people who converge in the [|Nevada desert] and, along with the rest of the [|human population], participate in a last-chance counterattack on July 4 – the same date as the [|Independence Day] [|holiday] in the United States. It was directed by German director [|Roland Emmerich], who co-wrote the script with producer [|Dean Devlin]. While promoting //[|Stargate]// in Europe, Emmerich came up with the idea for the film when fielding a question about his own belief in the existence of alien life. He and Devlin decided to incorporate a large-scale attack when noticing that aliens in most invasion films travel long distances in [|outer space] only to remain hidden when reaching Earth. Principal photography for the film began in July 1995 in New York City, and the film was officially completed on June 20, 1996. The film was scheduled for release on July 3, 1996, but due to the high level of anticipation for the movie, many theaters began showing it on the evening of July 2, 1996, the same day the film begins. The film's combined domestic and international box office gross is $816,969,268, which at one point was the second-highest worldwide gross of all-time. It holds the 33rd [|highest worldwide gross] of a movie all-time, and was at the forefront of the large-scale disaster film and science fiction resurgences of the mid-to-late-1990s. It also won the [|Academy Award for Visual Effects]. It was once the highest grossing film of all time, until it was surpassed by //[|Titanic]// in 1997. Independence Day Fourth of July When is Independence Day celebrated? It is celebrated on the fourth of July. Why is it called independence? Because it is a National day of the USA. Where is independence