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The history of today

JANUARY 10


On Jan. 10, 1899, The Pacific Commercial Advertiser reported that "one of the very noticeable real estate whirls has for its center the new Kaimuki tract, on the Waialae road and the Kapahulu drive."

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1907: Eruption reported at Moku'aweoweo, the upper crater on Mauna Loa.

1927: The new Territorial Office Building is the first downtown Honolulu business to have new tumbler type electric wall switches, Hawaiian Electric Co. announces.

1932: Funeral is held for Joseph Kahahawai at Our Lady of Peace Cathedral. The Honolulu Advertiser reports it was the largest funeral ever for a non-royal Hawaiian.

1955: Honolulu Rapid Transit System announces it will eliminate all trolley service within three years. In the previous two years, HRT had eliminated 30 trolleys, replacing them with diesel buses.

1995: Federal Judge David Ezra finds the state in contempt of court for failing to abide by a 1991 settlement agreement calling for improvements at the Hawaii State Hospital.

2003: Striking nurses at Kuakini Medical Center vote overwhelmingly to ratify a new contract giving them a pay raise of 20 percent over three years. They had walked off the job Dec. 2, 2002.


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