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 1998 Event 15th Miss Hawaiian Tropic crowned 1998 Event Cup Noodles Hawaiian Ladies Golf Open 1997 Event Renee Slaughter, crowned 14th Miss Hawaiian Tropic International 1997 Event Annika Sorenstam wins LPGA Cup Noodles Hawaiian Ladies Open 1997 Event Paul Stankowski wins Hawaiian Golf Open 1996 Event Cheryl Depew, of Florida, crowned 13th Miss Hawaiian Tropic International 1996 Event Meg Mallon wins LPGA Cup o' Noodles Hawaiian Ladies Golf Open 1995 Event Barb Thomas Whitehead wins Cup o' Noodles Hawaiian Ladies Golf Open 1994 Event Marta Figueras-Dotti wins Cup o' Noodles Hawaiian Ladies Golf Open 1993 Event Lisa Walters wins LPGA Itoki Hawaiian Ladies Golf Open 1992 Event Lisa Walters wins LPGA Itoki Hawaiian Ladies Open Golf Tournament 1991 Event Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Orix Hawaiian Ladies Golf Open 1989 Event Sherri Turner wins LPGA Orix Hawaiian Ladies Golf Open/Itoki Pro-Am 1988 Event Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA Orient Leasing Hawaiian Ladies Golf Open 1987 Event Cindy Rarick wins LPGA Tsumura Hawaiian Ladies Golf Open 1966 Birthday Clark Sherwood Dennis, born in Houston, Texas, PGA golfer, 1990 Hawaiian Open-3rd 1965 Birthday Sue Thomas, Texarkana, Texas, LPGA golfer, 1991 Orix Hawaiian Ladies-14th 1961 Birthday Barb Thomas Whitehead, Sibley, Iowa, LPGA golfer, 1995 Hawaiian Open 1960 Event America's new 50-star flag honoring Hawaiian statehood unfurled 1958 Birthday Nina Foust, Asheboro, North Carolina, LPGA golfer, 1994 Hawaiian Ladies Open-6th 1957 Birthday Marta Figueras-Dotti, born in Madrid, Spain, LPGA golfer, 1994 Hawaiian Open 1942 Birthday Isao Aoki, Abiko Chiba Japan, PGA golfer, 1983 Hawaiian Open 1938 Birthday Connie Stevens, born in Brooklyn, singer and actress, Hawaiian Eye, Back to Beach 1936 Birthday Troy Donahue, New York City, actor, Surfside Six, Cockfighter, Hawaiian Eye 1930 Birthday Grant Williams, New York City, actor, Hawaiian Eye, Incredible Shrinking Man 1928 Event Lei Day begun (a Hawaiian celebration) 1917 Event Hawaiian Red Cross forms 1900 Event Hawaiian Territorial Government begins 1895 Event Hawaiian Sugar Planters Association forms 1894 Event 1st election of Hawaiian Republic 1892 Event Hawaiian Historical Society founded 1869 Event Hawaiian YMCA organized 1868 Event An Hawaiian surfs on highest wave ever, he rides a 50' tidal wave 1867 Event Great Mauna Loa eruption (Hawaiian volcano) 1866 Event 1st Hawaiian daily newspaper published 1865 Event Hawaiian Board of Education formed 1852 Event 1st Hawaiian cavalry organized 1851 Event 1st Hawaiian stamps issued 1850 Event Hawaiian Fire Department established 1850 Event Hawaiian post office established 1850 Event 1st Hawaiian fire engine 1840 Event 1st Hawaiian constitution proclaimed 1839 Event Hawaiian Declaration of Rights is signed 1824 Event Kapiolani defies Pele (Hawaiian volcano goddess) and lives 1779 Death James Cook, Scottish explorer, killed in fracas with Hawaiian 1778 Event Captain James Cook stumbles over Sandwich Islands (Hawaiian Islands)
