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The history of today

APRIL 30


Both houses of the 1925 territorial legislature adopted a resolution calling on the attorney general to investigate the titles to certain parcels of land held by the trustees of Bishop Estate.

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1891: Queen Lili'uokalani receives letters from Queen Victoria and German Emperor Wilhelm congratulating her on her accession to the throne and expressing condolences at the death of King Kalakaua.

1900: President McKinley signs the Organic Act, making Hawai'i a territory of the United States.

1900: The Board of Health lifts its quarantine on the city and port of Honolulu. The quarantine had been in effect for almost 4› months because of an outbreak of bubonic plague.

1935: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announces it will organize a stake in Hawai'i and the status of the mission church will remain unchanged.

1950: The Democratic party convention splits when more than 100 delegates walk out and hold their own "rump" session. There were allegations that the election of some delegates had been rigged and there were concerns when the convention refused to unseat 15 of 16 delegates who had refused to testify at the House Un-American Activities Committee hearing here.

1975: South Vietnam surrenders to the Communists 2 1/2 hours after the United States takes down the Stars and Stripes and left a country it had spent 14 years trying to keep out of Communist hands.

1982: Kilauea erupts at its summit with a curtain of lava fountains 310 yards long.


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