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The Honolulu Advertiser
The history of today

DECEMBER 20


On Dec. 20, 1908, The Advertiser reproduced a letter from Samuel Clemens to the Hawaii Promotion Committee thanking its members for a koa mantel sent to him. The paper noted that in the letter Clemens "has coined another phrase in praise of Hawai'i nei that makes still larger the debt Hawai'i owes to the world's great human interest writer." Clemens wrote that the mantel will be a lovely reminder of "the loveliest fleet of islands that lies anchored in any ocean. ... "
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1906: The first Filipino plantation workers arrive on the S.S. Doric.

1932: The Capitol market opens at Richards and Queen streets. The Advertiser reported it was the first shopping center in Hawai'i to offer ample and easily accessible parking.

1934: A new Community Theater is organized in Honolulu. It was a reorganization of the Footlights, which had formed in 1915; it is now Diamond Head Theatre. The Advertiser reported that the reorganized group planned to put on "The Mikado" as its first major enterprise.

1969: Pan American World Airways shows off its new Boeing 747 jumbo jet. It was the 747's Island debut.

1974: The state land use commission approves Campbell Estate's request for urban zoning on 945 aces of sugar cane land at 'Ewa Town and One'ula.

1985: Hawai'i's first in vitro fertilization baby is born — a girl weighing 7 pounds, 1 1/2 ounces and measuring 19› inches long.

1997: The justices of the Hawai'i Supreme Court remove themselves from the century-old process of appointing trustees to oversee Bishop Estate.


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