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The history of today

FEBRUARY 12


An attack on a taxi driver in Waikïkï was a front-page story on Feb. 12, 1921.

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1874: David Kalakaua is elected king by the Legislature. After the election, rioting takes place at the courthouse, led by disappointed supporters of the dowager Queen Emma.

1883: King David Kalakaua and Queen Kapi'olani are crowned in a ceremony at 'Iolani Palace.

1895: The Music Hall, Honolulu's only theater, is destroyed by fire.

1919: Halema'uma'u overflows from a point north of the stone rest house on the rim of the crater toward the Volcano House.

1938: The territorial government purchases 30 acres of land from Kamehameha Schools mauka of King Street and between Houghtailing and Kalihi streets. The land had been condemned by the City and County of Honolulu through eminent domain for the new Farrington High School.

1957: Honolulu's board of supervisors approves an ordinance regulating the size and location of advertising signs on O'ahu.

1974: The City Council approves an O'ahu-wide 25-cent bus fare, which eliminates the two-zone bus fare that required passengers from rural areas to pay an additional 25 cents to ride into Honolulu.

1987: Rare portraits of King Kamehameha II and Queen Kamamalu, which Hawai'i art historians did not know existed, are given to 'Iolani Palace after their discovery in Ireland.

1999: The U.S. Senate acquits President Clinton of charges that he had committed perjury and obstruction of justice to hide sexual indiscretions with a one-time White House intern.

2001: Six soldiers are killed when two Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters crash on the North Shore during a training exercise.


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