Today in Hawaii History (Part 2)
Cities in Hawaii: Honolulu
Historical Events
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1952-12-03 - 1st TV broadcast in Hawaii
1956-01-24 - 96.5 cm precipitation at Kilauea Plantation, Hawaii (state record)
1959-03-12 - US House joins Senate approving Hawaii statehood
1959-03-18 - President Dwight D Eisenhower signs Hawaii statehood bill
1959-07-28 - Hawaii's 1st US election sends 1st Asian-Americans to Congress
1959-07-29 - First United States Congress elections in Hawaii as a state of the Union.
1959-08-21 - Hawaii becomes 50th US state
1959-08-24 - Hiram L Fong sworn in as 1st Chinese-American senator while Daniel K Inouye sworn in as 1st Japanese-American Rep (Both from Hawaii)
1959-11-14 - Kilauea's most spectacular eruption (in Hawaii)
1960-05-22 - Virtually all coastal towns between 37th & 44th parallels severly damaged by tsunami that strikes Hilo, Hawaii at 01:04 AM
1960-07-04 - America's new 50-star flag honoring Hawaiian statehood unfurled
1961-01-02 - Hawaii's, then all time low temperature, 14°F recorded atop Haleakale
1961-07-01 - Haleakala National Park forms in Hawaii
1961-12-11 - Elvis Presley's "Blue Hawaii," album goes to #1 & stays #1 for 20 wks
1968-09-26 - 1st broadcast of "Hawaii Five-O" on CBS-TV
1969-01-14 - An explosion aboard the USS Enterprise near Hawaii kills 27 people.
1972-08-03 - Chozen-ji/Intl Zen Dojo founded by Omori Sogen Roshi, in Hawaii
1975-11-29 - Kilauea Volcano erupts in Hawaii
1978-02-18 - 1st Iron Man Triathlon (swim, bike ride, marathon) held, Kona, Hawaii
1979-05-17 - -12°F (-11°C), on top of Mauna Kea, Hawaii (state record)
1980-10-18 - Brooke Alexander, 18, of Hawaii, crowned Miss World USA
1985-01-22 - Kelly Hu, 16, of Hawaii, crowned 3rd Miss Teen USA
1989-03-02 - Exxon Houston runs aground in Hawaii, spills 117,000 gallons of oil
1989-03-07 - Partial eclipse of the Sun (Hawaii, NW North America, Greenland)
1989-09-30 - NASA closes down tracking stations in Hawaii & Ascension
1991-07-11 - Total solar eclipse is seen in Hawaii
1991-09-14 - Carolyn Suzanne Sapp (Hawaii), 24, crowned 65th Miss America 1992
1991-11-06 - Keck II, biggest telescope in use at Mauna Kea Hawaii
1992-09-11 - Hurricane Iniki hits Kauai Hawaii; 3 die & 8,000 injured
1992-09-12 - Hurricane Inuki pounds Hawaii
1994-02-19 - Marta Figueras-Dotti wins Cup o' Noodles Hawaiian Ladies Golf Open
1995-01-02 - Most distant galaxy yet discovered found by scientists using Keck telescope in Hawaii (est 15 billion light years away)
1995-02-18 - Barb Thomas Whitehead wins Cup o' Noodles Hawaiian Ladies Golf Open
1996-03-22 - Cheryl Depew, of Florida, crowned 13th Miss Hawaiian Tropic Intl
1997-02-05 - Brook Lee, Hawaii, crowned 46th Miss USA (en route to Miss Universe)
1997-02-16 - Paul Stankowski wins Hawaiian Golf Open
1997-04-19 - Renee Slaughter, crowned 14th Miss Hawaiian Tropic Intl
1997-04-19 - SD Padres & St Louis Cards play at Aloha Stadium Hawaii
1997-04-20 - 1st baseball game in Hawaii, Cards beat Padres in doubleheader
1998-04-29 - 15th Miss Hawaiian Tropic crowned
2004-11-28 - Male Poʻo-uli dies of Avian malaria in the Maui Bird Conservation Center in Olinda, Hawaii before it could breed, making the species in all probability extinct.
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