A year in review

Advertiser Staff

FEBRUARY

• USS Greeneville hits Japanese vessel Ehime Maru, killing nine.
• UH coach June Jones critically hurt in car crash.
• Collision of two Army helicopters kills six.

APRIL

• Public school and University of Hawai'i teachers strike for nearly 3 weeks.

MAY

• Asian Development Bank meets in Honolulu.

JUNE

• Federated Department Stores, parent of Macy's, announces it will buy Liberty House.

JULY

• New University of Hawai'i President Evan Dobelle arrives.
• Outrigger Enterprises announces $300 million redevelopment project in Waikiki.

SEPTEMBER

• Anthrax scares disrupt local mail service, tie up emergency personnel.
• First dengue fever cases reported on Maui.

OCTOBER

• Schools Superintendent Paul LeMahieu resigns.
• Special legislative session called to deal with fallout from Sept. 11.
• Visitor arrivals off 30 percent for the month.
• American Classic Voyages files for bankruptcy.

NOVEMBER

• Search ends for bodies aboard Ehime Maru; eight of nine victims are found.

DECEMBER

• 60th anniversary of Pearl Harbor attack is commemorated.
• Aloha and Hawaiian airlines announce merger plans.