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APRIL 19


San Francisco was rocked by a powerful earthquake on April 18, 1906, and the subsequent fire burned for days. This was the headline in the April 19, 1906, Pacific Commercial Advertiser.

1926: James J. Williams, one of the early photographers of Hawai'i, dies when he is hit by a streetcar while crossing Hotel Street. He had operated the J.J. Williams Studio for 40 years and had a rare collection of early photos of Hawai'i, including of the royal family.

1935: The Pan American Clipper that made the inaugural commercial flight between the Mainland and Hawai'i flies over the Islands in the first of a series of interisland expeditionary hops. The Clipper would stay in Hawai'i for a week before its return to the Mainland.

1950: The House Un-American Activities Committee hearing in Honolulu ends. The 39 Hawai'i residents who refused to testify faced contempt-of-Congress charges. They would all be eventually acquitted.

1968: Stanley C. Kennedy Sr., the pioneer of commercial aviation in Hawai'i, dies at the age of 77. He founded Hawaiian Airlines in 1929 and was its president until 1955, when he retired.

1970: President Nixon celebrates a national day of prayer and thanksgiving at Kawaiaha'o Church for the safe return of the Apollo 13 crew.

1974: A violent thunderstorm rakes O'ahu and Kaua'i, causing floods that killed five people.

1993: The Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas, burns, killing 86 cult members. A dozen former Hawai'i residents were among the dead.

1997: The San Diego Padres and St. Louis Cardinals begin a three-day series at Aloha Stadium in the first Major League Baseball game played in Hawai'i.

1998: The Honolulu Advertiser first reports on the case of Peter Boy Kema of Hilo, a child-abuse victim who has not been seen for nearly a year. (He has never been found.)

2005: Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger is elected pope. He chooses the name Benedict XVI.


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