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APRIL 6


Signing of three deeds will complete the acquisition of property necessary for the widening and extension of Bishop Street from the waterfront to Beretania, The Advertiser reported on April 6, 1926.

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1907: The Pacific Commercial Advertiser reports that the American-Hawaiian Steamship Co. has purchased the steamer Maine for new passenger service between California and Hawai'i.

1908: The U.S. House passes a bill providing for the creation of a naval base at Pearl Harbor at a cost of $2 million.

1917: President Wilson signs a declaration of war against Germany. The U.S. government seizes eight German merchant vessels in Honolulu Harbor. The ships' crews would be incarcerated at the immigration station.

1937: Helen Keller visits Hawai'i. She would address the Territorial Legislature and a Lions banquet and meet with blind children.

1949: Oahu Railway and Land Co. announces that it will begin operating a fleet of 67 taxicabs in Honolulu. The company said it felt there was a need in Honolulu for taxi service and its drivers would be given a two-week course in which courtesy to passengers and other drivers would be emphasized.

1953: Crown Prince Akihito of Japan spends 12 hours in Honolulu, with official greetings and sightseeing. It was the first visit to the U.S. for the 19-year-old future emperor, who was en route to London.

1956: Hawai'i labor lawyer Harriet Bouslog is suspended by the Territorial Supreme Court for one year in connection with the 1952-53 Smith Act trial in which she was defense co-counsel.

1962: The federal government tells Hawai'i it's not feasible to use military ships to bring needed foodstuffs to the Islands during the three-week-old shipping strike.

1968: Waves of racial violence, vandalism and bombings continue in Chicago, Pittsburgh, Baltimore and Washington, D.C., in reaction to the assassination of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. President Johnson orders 5,000 troops into Chicago. Some 1,400 people attend a service for King at St. Andrew's Cathedral in Honolulu.


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