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The history of today
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1918: Hackfeld & Co. drops all associations with Germany and becomes an American firm.
1928: Kilauea erupts. A series of avalanches in Halema'uma'u are reported.
1934: Six Navy planes set a world record for aviation after completing a nonstop mass-formation flight from San Francisco to Pearl Harbor.
1935: Amelia Earhart takes off from Wheeler Field en route to the Oakland airport. She is the first woman to fly solo from Hawai'i to California.
1947: The civilian production administration approves construction of a new Kaimuki high school for $250,000.
1960: United Airlines announces it will begin DC-8 jet service to Hawai'i on March 14.










