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The history of today

DECEMBER 16


The house of John Colburn, a minister in the government of the deposed Queen Lili'uokalani, had been raided and arms were found, The Advertiser reported on Dec. 16, 1893.
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1923: The Advertiser reports that plans have been approved for the construction of a new Central Grammar school building.

1924: New traffic rules go into effect Downtown. Crosswalks were painted on the streets along with white lines where vehicles were to come to a stop. Traffic police with whistles and semaphores were to be at intersections. One blast of the whistle meant traffic could move from north and south on King Street and streets parallel with King. Two blasts allowed traffic to move east and west, affecting Fort Street and streets parallel with Fort. Left turns were banned Downtown.

1941: Sugar plantations will be used for food crops, it is announced. The five plantations on O'ahu where food will be grown are 'Ewa, Waipahu, 'Aiea, Waialua and Kahuku.

1946: The wartime unity of command created after the attack on Pearl Harbor and abandoned at the end of the war is restored by President Truman. It puts all land, sea and air forces in each overseas theater, including the Pacific Command in Hawai'i, under a single commander.

1952: Judge Jon Wiig orders a federal investigation of a speech given in Honoka'a by defense lawyer Harriet Bouslog despite her denial it was spoken in contempt of his court. In that speech, Bouslog had criticized the case against the "Hawai'i Seven" — a group of union activists arrested for conspiring to overthrow the government because of their "seditious" talk. Eventually, her license to practice law was suspended for a year. Bouslog appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court, where she won.

1955: The Hawaii Aeronautics Commission gives its final approval to a new $7 million jet-age terminal on the mauka side of the then-Honolulu Airport.

1961: An irreplaceable 16th-century Japanese scroll was cut in half and stolen from the Honolulu Academy of Art, The Advertiser reports.

1963: Two Honolulu police officers are killed in an ambush at Cooke and Kawaiaha'o streets.

1969: Potatoes are flown to Honolulu as market owners warn that the West Coast shipping strike could cause food prices to soar here. Rice was being limited to one bag per customer.

1973: The first Honolulu Marathon is held; 167 runners took part and 151 finished, Duncan Macdonald won the first marathon in 2 hours, 27 minutes and 34.8 seconds.

1999: Ousted Bishop Estate trustee Lokelani Lindsey resigns. She was the fifth and last trustee to resign, bringing an end to an era of controversial stewardship.


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