The history of today
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1911: Fire destroys one of the Islands' finest koa forests in the Manoa hills.
1922: The U.S. Post Office, Custom House and Court House opens.
1923: The supports of the Hawaii Consolidated Railway Company bridge over the Wailuku River in Hilo suddenly give way, leaving the rails sagging over the river. A train loaded with passengers had just passed over the bridge.
1924: Filipino sugar workers do not show up for their shifts at some plantations on O'ahu. Plantations on other islands report no signs of a strike.
1935: The territorial senate recommends revamping regulations concerning the sale of alcoholic beverages, including banning women from "dispensing" establishments.
1946: A massive undersea earthquake in the Aleutian Islands generates Pacific-wide tsunamis that hit the Hawaiian Islands, killing 159 people. Hilo and the eastern shore of the Big Island bear the brunt of the disaster. Damage totaled about $26 million.
1954: The U.S. Senate votes 57-28 for statehood for both Hawai'i and Alaska but the House bill goes nowhere, apparently because of the inclusion of Alaska.
1954: Radio disc jockey Hal "Aku" Lewis tells Hawai'i residents in an April Fools' day broadcast that the government is going to give back their 1953 tax money immediately. The IRS is swamped with requests for refunds. Some people call the Honolulu Stock Exchange to place orders for securities, planning to use the refund money for payment. Aku tries to call off the hoax with another joke that he had been fired. Other radio stations pick up that report. That sets off another round of phone calls.
1955: President Eisenhower declares volcano-ravaged Puna a disaster area.
1973: Hawai'i's public school teachers walk out in the first full-fledged strike of public employees in the Islands. The union said class size and worktimes were key issues.
2000: Eleven firefighters are injured fighting a blaze that guts the top floor of the First Interstate building.
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