The history of today
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1962: Kilauea Volcano erupts at 1 a.m. near the Chain of Craters Road, lighting the sky with a reddish hue visible more than 10 miles away.
1972: The U.S. General Services Administration opens bids for the long-delayed Prince Kuhio Federal Building.
1975: On his return from a visit to China, Indonesia and the Philippines, President Ford speaks at the East-West Center and declares a new U.S. "Pacific Doctrine" based on American strength and a stable balance of power in the Pacific.
1981: The Advertiser reports 11 skydivers are confirmed dead in the murky waters of Pearl Harbor, most of them dying in the mangled wreckage of their twin-engine Beechcraft. The skydivers had been scheduled to parachute into Aloha Stadium just before the start of a University of Hawai'i football game on Dec. 5. Before making the jump run, the plane nosed down and spun out of control. One parachutist managed to jump to safety.
1991: President George H.W. Bush visits Hawai'i for the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the bombing of Pearl Harbor.
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