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Hawaii Historical Summary

300 - 750 A.D.
Polynesians arrive by outrigger canoe from Tahiti.

1778
British explorer Captain James Cook discovers the Hawaiian Islands and names them Sandwich Islands after Britian's Earl of Sandwich.

1779
Captain Cook is killed in a Big Island dispute at Kealakekua Bay, near Kona.

1789
The first Chinese arrive after jumping off a trading ship.

1810
King Kamehameha the Great unites all the Hawaiian islands into one kingdom.

1813
The first pineapple plants are introduced from Spain.

1816
First Hawaiian flag is sewn.

1817
Coffee is first planted.

1819
King Kamehameha the Great dies. Prince Liholiho ascends the throne as Kamehameha II (1819-1824). He also abandons the ancient taboo of eating with women.

1820
First American Protestant missonaries arrive aboard the brig Thaddeus from New England.

1825 - 1854
The reign of King Kamehameha III.

1840
The first Hawaii constitution of the kingdom was established.

1848
The Great Mahele is signed by King Kamehameha III which allows commoners and haoles to own land outright or in "fee simple," a concept that continues today.

1850
On August 31, King Kamehameha III declares Honolulu a city.

1874 - 1891
The reign of King David Kalakaua.

1882
America's only royal residence, Iolani Palace is built on Oahu.

1883
Mutual Telephone Company was started in Hawaii. The name was later changed to Hawaiian Telephone and then changed again to GTE Hawaiian Tel.

1885
The first contract laborers from Japan arrive to work on the sugar cane plantations.

1892
Macadamia nut trees are first planted.

1893
Queen Liliuokalani surrenders the kingdom to the United States under protest.

1895
Queen Liliuokalani abdicates her throne.

1898
Hawaii is annexed to the United States.

1900
Hawaii becomes a United States territory. The Great Chinatown fire leaves 7000 people homeless in Honolulu.

1922
Prince Jonah Kalanianaole Kuhio dies. He was the last powerful member of the royal Hawaiian family.

1927
First non-stop air flight from the mainland to Honolulu.

1934
President Franklin Deleno Roosevelt arrives July 26 on the cruiser Houston. He is the first United States president to visit Hawaii.

1935
Pan American Airways "China Clipper" inaugurates air mail service to Hawaii and the Pacific.

1941
December 7th, Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor. The U.S. enters World War II. Martial law is imposed in Hawaii until October 24, 1944.

1946
A killer "tsunami" (tidal wave) hits Hilo on the island of Hawaii.

1948
A record 41,964 persons visit Hawaii. Miss Yun Tau Zane wins the first Miss Hawaii crown.

1950
My step-father moves the family to Hawaii.

1952
Hawaii's first television station begins broadcasting.

1953
Waikiki Beach sees its first bikinis.

1953
January 1st, I begin spending a great deal of time at Waikiki Beach.

1959
Hawaii becomes the 50th state. Ala Moana Shopping Center is built. The first jet arrives. The age of tourism begins.

1965
I graduate from Leilehua High School in the little town of Wahiawa on the island of Oahu.

1966
Hawaii receives its first live television program from the mainland, Notre Dame vs. Michigan State in football.

1969
Jack ("Book 'em Danno") Lord begins "Hawaii Five-O" television series.

1974 - 1987
The first Asian-American governor (George Ariyoshi) is elected.

1976
"Hokule'a" a Hawaiian double-hulled canoe, reenacts Polynesian discovery voyage of Hawaii.

1980
Tom Selleck begins "Magnum P.I." television series.

1983
Kilauea volcano erupts on the Big Island. It is still erupting today.

1986
The Concorde jet lands in Honolulu.

1987
John Waihee, the first governor of Hawaiian descent is elected.

1989
The Moana Hotel, built in 1901, reopens fully restored as a National Historical landmark.

1991
Miss Hawaii, Carolyn Sapp, becomes the state's first Miss America.

1992
Hurricane Iniki ravages the island of Kauai and the western shores of the island of Oahu.

1994
Ben Cayetano becomes the first governor of Philippine descent ever elected in the United States.

1995
The last sugar plantation on the Big Island (the island of Hawaii) closes.

 

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