2002 Kam Fong, actor, Hawaii Five-O, dies at 84
1998 Richard Denning, actor, Hawaii Five-O, dies at 84
1998 Jack Lord, actor, Hawaii Five-O, dies at 77
1997 James Mitchner, author (Hawaii), dies of kidney failure at 90
1997 1st baseball game in Hawaii, Cards beat Padres in doubleheader
1997 San Diego Padres and St. Louis Cardinals play at Aloha Stadium Hawaii
1997 Brook Lee, Hawaii, crowned 46th Miss USA (en route to Miss Universe)
1995 Most distant galaxy yet discovered found by scientists using Keck telescope in Hawaii (est 15 billion light years away)
1992 Hurricane Inuki pounds Hawaii
1992 Hurricane Iniki hits Kauai Hawaii; 3 die and 8,000 injured
1991 Keck II, biggest telescope in use at Mauna Kea Hawaii
1991 Carolyn Suzanne Sapp (Hawaii), 24, crowned 65th Miss America 1992
1991 Total solar eclipse is seen in Hawaii
1989 NASA closes down tracking stations in Hawaii and Ascension
1989 Partial eclipse of the Sun in Hawaii, North West North America, Greenland
1989 Exxon Houston runs aground in Hawaii, spills 117,000 gallons of oil
1986 Ellison S Onizuka, Hawaii, Mjr USAF/ast, dies in Challenger disaster
1985 Kelly Hu, 16, of Hawaii, crowned 3rd Miss Teen USA
1980 Brooke Alexander, 18, of Hawaii, crowned Miss World USA
1979 Mahana Ka'ahumanu Walters, Miss Hawaii Teen USA, 3rd-1997
1979 12 degrees F, on top of Mauna Kea, Hawaii (state record)
1979 Monica Ivey, Miss Hawaii Teen USA 1996
1978 1st Iron Man Triathlon held, Kona, Hawaii
1976 Kona Cormack, born in Honolulu, Hawaii, playmate, Feb, 1996
1976 Brian Rocheleleau, born in Honolulu, Hawaii, kayak, alt-olympics-96
1976 Jim Farnum, born in Honolulu, Hawaii, kayak alternate for 1996 Olympics
1975 Kilauea Volcano erupts in Hawaii
1974 Traci Toguchi, born in Honolulu, Hawaii, Miss America-Hawaii 1996
1974 Mike Allen Lambert, born in Honolulu, Hawaii, volleyball opposite hitter 1996 Olympics
1974 David Buck, born in Honolulu, Hawaii, kayak alternate for 1996 Olympics
1973 Melissa Short, born in Kaaawa, Hawaii, Miss America, Hawaii-Top 10-1997
1972 Chozen-ji/Intl Zen Dojo founded by Omori Sogen Roshi, in Hawaii
1972 Devlin Murphy, born in Honolulu, Hawaii, canoe alternate for 1996 Olympics
1971 Clifton Sunada, born in Honolulu, Hawaii, extra-lightweight judoka 1996 Olympics
1971 Austin Peck, born in Hawaii, actor, Austin Reed-Days of Our Lives
1971 Ku'ualoha Taylor, Hawaii, Miss USA, Hawaii-Miss Congeniality-1996
1970 Peter Newton, born in Kailua, Hawaii, sprint kayak 1996 Olympics
1970 Wyatt Jones, born in Honolulu, Hawaii, kayak, alternate 1996 Olympics
1970 Steve Cooke, Kanai Hawaii, pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates
1969 Dean Wilson, Kaneohe Hawaii, golfer, 1991 Western Athletic
1968 1st broadcast of "Hawaii Five-O" on CBS-TV
1967 Nicole Kidman, born in Honolulu, Hawaii, actress, Dead Calm, Far and Away
1966 Teri Ann Linn, born in Honolulu, Hawaii, actress, Kristen-Bold and Beautiful
1965 Jim Schreiner, Kailua Hawaii, kayak alternate for 1996 Olympics
1964 Pam Kometani, born in Honolulu, Hawaii, LPGA golfer, 1992 Welch's Classic-27th
1964 Cheryl Akemi Toma, Pearl City Hawaii, Miss Hawaii-America 1991
1963 Mike Huff, born in Honolulu, Hawaii, outfielder for the Toronto Blue Jays
1963 Dannette Leininger, born in Kailua, Hawaii, team handball wing, Olympics-92, 96
1963 Tracie Ruiz-Conforto, Hawaii, sync swimmer, Oly-2 gold/silver-84, 88
1962 Kelly Preston, born in Honolulu, Hawaii, actress, Mischief, Twins, A Tigers Tale
1962 Sid Fernandez, born in Honolulu, Hawaii, pitcher, New York Mets, Philadelphia Phillies
1962 Traci Phillips, born in Honolulu, Hawaii, sprint kayak 1996 Olympics
1961 Elvis Presley's "Blue Hawaii," album goes to #1 and stays #1 for 20 weeks
1961 Haleakala National Park forms in Hawaii
1961 Hawaii's, then all time low temperature, 14 degrees F recorded atop Haleakale
1960 Ron Darling, Hawaii, baseball pitcher for the New York Mets
1960 Alexander W. Dunlap, born in Honolulu, Hawaii, astronaut
1960 Virtually all coastal towns between 37th and 44th parallels severly damaged by tsunami that strikes Hilo, Hawaii at 01:04 AM
1960 Paul Abraham, Hungarian composer (Blume von Hawaii), dies at 67
1959 Kilauea's most spectacular eruption (in Hawaii)
1959 Hiram L Fong sworn in as 1st Chinese-American senator while Daniel K Inouye sworn in as 1st Japanese-American Rep (Both from Hawaii)
1959 Hawaii becomes 50th U.S. state
1959 Hawaii's 1st U.S. election sends 1st Asian-Americans to Congress
1959 President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs Hawaii statehood bill
1959 U.S. House joins Senate approving Hawaii statehood
1958 Lourdes Ann Kananimanu Estores, born in Honolulu, Hawaii, playmate, Jun, 1982
1957 Margot Chapman, born in Hawaii, vocals, Starland Vocal Band-Afternoon Delight
1956 96.5 cm precipitation at Kilauea Plantation, Hawaii (state record)
1955 Lenore Rittenhouse, born in Honolulu, Hawaii, LPGA golfer, 1983 United Virginia Bank
1952 1st TV broadcast in Hawaii
1950 Erin Gray, born in Honolulu, Hawaii, actress, Silver Spoons, Buck Rogers
1948 Clyde Kusatsu, born in Honolulu, Hawaii, actor, Ali-Bring 'em Back Alive
1947 1st Aloha Week Parade held in Hawaii
1946 Ellison S. Onizuka, born in Hawaii, Mjr USAF/ast, STS 51C, 51L-Chal disaster
1946 Tsunamis generated by a quake in Aleutian Trench strike Hilo, Hawaii
1944 Don Stroud, born in Honolulu, Hawaii, actor, Coogan's Bluff, Buddy Holly Story
1944 Takamiyama, [Jesse Kuhaulua], Hawaii, 1st non-Japanese sumo champion
1936 1st commercial flight from mainland to Hawaii
1935 1st "Hawaii Calls" radio program is broadcast
1935 Kevin O'Connor, born in Honolulu, Hawaii, actor, Bogie, Special Effects
1934 All-Star team led by Babe Ruth and Connie Mack sails to Hawaii and Japan
1932 William Smith, born in Columbia, Missouri, actor, Rich Man Poor Man, Hawaii 5-0
1931 100 degrees F (38 degrees C), Pahala, Hawaii (state record)
1930 Don Ho, Hawaii, ukulele player, Tiny Bubbles
1930 John Cullum, born in Knoxville, actor, Hamlet, Hawaii, Northern Exposure
1929 Max Von Sydow, born in Lund, Sweden, actor, Hawaii, Exorcist, Dune, Dreamscape
1927 1st commercial airplane flight in Hawaii
1927 1st flight from West Coast arrives in Hawaii
1924 Daniel Kahikina Akaka, Rep-D-HI, 1977- /Sen-D Hawaii
1924 Daniel Ken Inouye, Sen-D Hawaii, 1963-
1924 Helen Wedemeyer, Hilo Hawaii, actress, Hawaii Five-O
1922 KGU-AM in Honolulu Hawaii begins radio transmissions
1922 Snow on Mauna Loa, Hawaii
1919 Kam Fong, born in Honolulu, Hawaii, actor, Hawaii Five-0
1917 Liliuokalani, last queen of Hawaii (1891-93), dies from a stroke at 79
1916 Hawaii National Park forms
1916 Alex Dreier, born in Honolulu, Hawaii, newscaster, Whats it all about World?
1915 John Dehner, [Forkum], Staten Is, New York, actor, Big Hawaii, Bare Essence
1915 1st submarine disaster; a U.S. F-4 sank off Hawaii, killing 21
1914 Richard Denning, born in Poughkeepsie, New York, actor, Steve-Karen, Hawaii Five-0
1913 Iris Adrian, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Blue Hawaii, Bluebeard
1906 1st motion pictures shown in Hawaii
1903 Pacific Cable (SF, Hawaii, Guam, Phil) opens, President TR sends message
1903 San Francisco - Hawaii telegraph cable opens for public use
1902 Trans-Pacific cable links Hawaii to US
1901 Hawaii's 1st telegraph company opens
1901 1st territorial legislature of Hawaii convenes
1900 U.S. annexes Hawaii
1900 Hawaii became a U.S. territory
1899 1st case of plague on Oahu, Hawaii
1898 Hawaii formally annexed to U.S.
1898 U.S. annexes Hawaii
1898 U.S. Senate agrees to annex Hawaii
1898 U.S. House of Representatives accept annexation of Hawaii
1896 1st Pali Road completed in Hawaii (winds so strong streams flow UP!)
1895 1st shipment of canned pineapple from Hawaii
1894 Republic of Hawaii proclaimed, Sanford B. Dole as president
1893 Queen Liliuokalani deposed, Kingdom of Hawaii becomes a republic
1892 Macademia nuts 1st planted in Hawaii
1891 David Kalakahua, emperor of Hawaii, dies
1890 Duke Kahanamoku, Hawaii, swimmer, Olympics-3 gold/2 silver-12, 20, 24
1889 Bishop Museum founded in Hawaii
1889 Oahu Railway begins public service in Hawaii
1887 US receives rights to Pearl Harbor, on Oahu, Hawaii
1885 1st Japanese arrive in Hawaii
1882 Matson founds his shipping company (San Francisco and Hawaii)
1879 1st railroad opens in Hawaii
1879 Library of Hawaii founded
1878 1st Portuguese immigrants arrive in Hawaii
1878 1st telephone introduced in Hawaii
1877 1st telephone and telegraph line in Hawaii completed
1876 Reciprocity Treaty between U.S. and Hawaii ratified
1874 1st reigning king to visit U.S. (of Hawaii) received by President Grant
1874 King David Kalakaua of Sandwich Is Hawaii, is 1st king to visit U.S.
1862 Liliuokalani, queen of Hawaii (1891-93) marries John Owen Dominis
1860 Queen of Sandwich Islands (Hawaii) arrives in New York City
1859 Gas lighting introduced to Hawaii
1858 1st bank in Hawaii opens
1857 US occupies Sand, Baker, Howland and Jarvis Is south of Hawaii
1853 1st flour mill in Hawaii begins operations
1852 1st Chinese arrive in Hawaii
1850 Honolulu, Hawaii becomes a city
1848 In Hawaii, Great Mahele (division of lands) signed
1847 1st theater opens in Hawaii
1847 1st money minted in Hawaii
1846 1st steamship arrives in Hawaii
1845 1st legislative assembly convenes in Hawaii
1842 US recognizes independence of Hawaii
1840 Father Joseph Damien de Veuster, Belgium, helped lepers in Hawaii
1838 Liliuokalani, [Lydia Paki], last queen of Hawaii, 1891-93
1836 1st English newspaper published in Hawaii
1835 1st sugar cane plantation started in Hawaii
1835 1st foreign embassy in Hawaii forms
1825 1st hotel in Hawaii opens
1822 1st printing in Hawaii
1820 1st potatoes planted in Hawaii
1819 1st whaling ship arrives in Hawaii
1817 1st coffee planted in Hawaii (Kona)
1817 1st coffee planted in Hawaii on Kona coast
1813 Pineapple introduced to Hawaii
1813 1st pineapples planted in Hawaii (or 1/21)
1803 1st horses arrive in Hawaii
1792 Oranges introduced to Hawaii
1779 James Cook, explorer, murdered by natives in Hawaii
1778 Capt Cook discovers Maui (Sandwich Islands [now Hawaii])
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