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The history of today

FEBRUARY 20


On Feb. 20, 1968, Hawai'i residents awoke to news that CBS had accepted "Hawaii Five-0" for the 1968-69 television season.

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1901: The Territory of Hawai'i's first Legislature is convened in Honolulu.

1922: Palama Settlement decides on the purchase of eight acres of land on the Waikiki side of Asylum Road about 300 yards above King Street.

1923: Fred Ohrt, city and county engineer, warns that Honolulu faces a serious traffic problem within the next 10 years. He predicts that more than 30,000 automobiles will be operating on the island by 1933. In 1910, there were fewer than 1,000 cars in Honolulu; in 1922, 9,115 cars were registered.

1929: Kilauea erupts with fountaining to 200 feet.

1932: Camp Erdman is dedicated. It is named in memory of young polo player Harold Erdman.

1958: Economist and financier Hung Wo Ching is named president and CEO of Aloha Airlines. Ruddy Tongg, president since the airline's organization in 1946, becomes board chairman.

1964: Plans are announced for the Arcadia Retirement Residence, which was built by Central Union Church on land owned by Punahou School. The land was left to Punahou by Mary Dillingham Frear.

1966: Adm. Chester Nimitz, commander in chief of the U.S. Pacific Fleet in World War II, dies at age 80. He signed for the United States when Japan formally surrendered on the battleship USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay on Sept. 1, 1945.

1995: Old-plantation-style merchandiser Arakawas of Waipahu announces it will close after 85 years in business.

1998: The Board of Education fires embattled state librarian Bart Kane.

2002: The City Council passes a strict anti-smoking ordinance banning smoking inside restaurants.


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