The history of today
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1908: Lo Sun, editor of a Chinese daily newspaper in Honolulu, is arrested under the Chinese Exclusion Act. It is alleged he entered the Territory as a teacher and then went to work for the paper.
1911: The Pacific Commercial Advertiser reports on plans for an observatory hotel, along the lines of a Cliff House, for the cleft of the Pali, "where the view will command not only all the wonderful Ko'olau country, but the Nu'uanu Valley and the city of Honolulu."
1926: A petition is submitted to the Territorial treasurer with plans for a $1 million city hall to be built at King and Punchbowl streets. The site had been recently purchased by the city.
1926: A permit is granted to Hawaiian Electric Co. for the construction of a $578,000 office building at the junction of King, Merchant and Richards streets.
1930: The first interisland telephone call is placed between Hilo and Honolulu.
1954: Thousands of Hawai'i residents sign a 3-mile roll of newsprint urging statehood.
1983: State Sen. Clifford Uwaine and unsuccessful Democratic House candidate Ross Segawa are indicted by the O'ahu grand jury on felony charges stemming from voter-registration fraud in the 19th House district.
1983: A federal judge upholds the joint operation of Honolulu's two daily papers, saying The Advertiser and the Star-Bulletin are entitled to a limited exemption from antitrust law. The city had challenged the joint operating agreement in a 1979 lawsuit.
1994: Dole Food Co. Chairman David Murdock apologizes for overzealous security at the New Year's Day wedding on Lana'i of billionaire Bill Gates. Murdock and the state signed a consent order that defined areas on Lana'i where the public has right of access.
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