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The history of today

FEBRUARY 27


The front page of the Feb. 27, 1971, Advertiser reported on the previous day's fire that destroyed two rooms of the Army ROTC building at the University of Hawai'i-Manoa.

1930: The first service of consecration of a bishop in the Episcopal Church in Hawai'i is celebrated at St. Andrew's Cathedral. Samuel Littell was consecrated bishop of the missionary district.

1931: The Territorial Supreme Court rules against Victoria Ward and her daughters in their fight to stay the construction of Kapi'olani Boulevard.

1959: The six-lane McCully Street bridge over the Ala Wai Canal is dedicated. It replaced a two-lane wooden bridge that dated back to the days of horse-drawn streetcars.

1970: A four-alarm fire sweeps the upper floors of the uncompleted 22-story Cinerama Kuhio Hotel in Waikiki, causing damage estimated at upward of $1 million.

1972: President Nixon for the first time pledges to withdraw all American forces and military installations from Taiwan.

1991: President George Bush declares victory in the first Gulf War.

2002: Amfac Hawaii LLC, descendant of one of the "Big Five"companies that once dominated the Islands, files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.


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