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The history of today

DECEMBER 11


A film on Kïlauea volcano was getting a lot of interest on the Mainland, the Dec. 11, 1908, Pacific Commercial Advertiser reported.
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1872: King Kamehameha V dies on his 42nd birthday. He had reigned nine years.

1912: Wireless messages are exchanged directly for the first time between Hawai'i and the nation’s capital.

1921: The Elizabeth Waterhouse Memorial swimming pool is dedicated at Punahou School. The Advertiser reported the pool was a duplicate of the swimming pool at Yale, which was considered to be the finest college pool in the country.

1927: The cornerstone is laid for the new site of St. Louis College in Kaimukï.

1952: Some 125,000 Honolulans welcome President-elect Dwight D. Eisenhower, who was returning from a 10-day trip to Korea.

1954: The Air Force announces that the Seventh Air Force will be reactivated and its headquarters will eventually be located at Wheeler Air Force Base. It was to be the first major unit to be assigned to Pacific Air Forces.

1961: Safeway announces it plans to build eight markets on O'ahu.

1973: The state Supreme Court rules that all shoreline land lying seaward of the vegetation line belongs to the state.

1998: The U.S. House Judiciary Committee approves three articles of impeachment, accusing President Clinton of lying under oath and obstructing justice in seeking to conceal his affair with Monica Lewinsky.


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