THE 50TH STATE, clockwise from top: Statehood supporters celebrate; surfer and lifeguard Eddie Aikau; sumotori Jesse Kuhaulua; actor Jack Lord and the 'Hawaii Five-0' emblem; tourism became increasingly important in the Islands; and Hokule'a, which made the first of its voyages in 1976.

 •  Tourism boom
 •  Hawai'i statehood
 •  Arrival of the Jet Age
 •  Office of Hawaiian Affairs
 •  Dan Akaka
 •  George Ariyoshi
 •  Neal Blaisdell
 •  John A. Burns
 •  Frank Fasi
 •  Hiram Fong
 •  Daniel K. Inouye
 •  Spark Matsunaga
 •  Patsy Mink
 •  William S. Richardson
 •  Thurston Twigg-Smith
 •  Harry Weinberg
 •  The Rev. Abraham Akaka
 •  Thomas Hamilton
 •  Upheavals at UH
 •  Vietnam War
 •  Lani Bird
 •  Laurance S. Rockefeller
 •  Chinn Ho
 •  Land struggles
 •  Kaho'olawe protests
 •  Hawaii Land Reform Act
 •  Eddie Aikau
 •  Jesse Kuhaulua
 •  Ka'anapali
 •  Hokule'a
 •  'Sad Sam' Ichinose
 •  'Hawaii Five-0'
 •  Fabulous Five
 •  Mackay Yanagisawa
 •  UH baseball
 •  Aloha Stadium
 •  Hawai'i shifts to Division I football
 •  Hawaii Islanders
 •  Chuck Leahey


MONARCHY
TO ANNEXATION

WORLD WAR II
AND THE MARCH
TO STATEHOOD

20TH TO 21ST
CENTURY
THE TERRITORY
OF HAWAI'I


THE 50TH STATE


HAWAI'I'S CULTURE
AND SOCIETY




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