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Five Hawai'i residents were among 16 Americans killed when a German submarine sank an American steamer off the coast of France, The Pacific Commercial Advertiser reported on April 3, 1917. On April 6, the U.S. entered World War I.

1893: The 'Iolani Palace custodian turns over the crowns worn by King Kalakaua and Queen Kapi'olani to the government and it is discovered that the jewels are missing from Kalakaua's crown.

1925: Samuel E. Woolley, who was head of the Latter-day Saints' Hawaiian Mission, and president and manager of the La'ie plantation for 26 years, dies in Salt Lake City. The La'ie temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was built through his efforts.

1955: The first Marine aviation units to return from the Korean war arrive at Pearl Harbor.

1955: Lava pours over cliffs on the South Puna coast and a new peninsula builds up overnight, extending 600 feet into the ocean.

1958: The chairman of New York state's traffic safety commission says Hawai'i's system of lifetime driver's licenses is the single biggest obstacle to cutting down Island auto accidents. He spoke to the Governor's Traffic Safety Committee.

1961: Honolulu Rapid Transit Co. buses roll slowly and erratically as Teamsters Union drivers find their own ways to protest a cut in pay. Drivers deny staging a slowdown but buses on some runs were moving in groups of four and five.

1962: Gov. Quinn declares a state of emergency in Hawai'i because of the 20-day-old West Coast shipping strike and asks President Kennedy to authorize immediate use of military transport to supply the Islands. Quinn told Kennedy that more than 20 vital commodities were in critically short supply, including rice, flour, butter, frozen meals, produce and poultry.

1970: The state Supreme Court upholds a Circuit Court decision against the operation of the Queen's Surf restaurant and nightclub in Kapi'olani Park. The court ordered the lease terminated May 31. The ruling was a victory for Mayor Frank Fasi, who had ordered the Queen's Surf operation ended at midnight Dec. 31, 1969.


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