2013 Event President Barack Obama and the First Family begin their 17-day Hawaiian vacation; this is the sixth year in a row the Obama's have visited family and friends on the island of Oahu for Christmas and New Year's 1941 Event Futshida's air fleet passes coastline of Oahu 1899 Event 1st case of plague on Oahu, Hawaii 1889 Event Oahu Railway begins public service in Hawaii 1887 Event U.S. receives rights to Pearl Harbor, on Oahu, Hawaii
