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The history of today

AUGUST 22


The secretary of the Navy dedicated the new Pearl Harbor dry dock "to the God of Commerce, the God of Civilization and the God of Christianity," The Advertiser reported Aug. 22, 1919.

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1895: The steamer W.G. Hall has been outfitted with electric lights, the Pacific Commercial Advertiser reports, adding that it should add to the popularity of the interisland vessel.

1944: The Honolulu Board of Supervisors unanimously recommends to military authorities that the 10 p.m. curfew be lifted.

1960: Nine-thousand people jam the Waikiki Shell to hear the New York Philharmonic present its first concert in Hawai'i. Leonard Bernstein conducted the orchestra.

1999: Two 21-year-old Danish tourists who had been missing for eight days are rescued in the rugged Ko'olau mountains in Kahana Valley State Park.









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