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The history of today

JANUARY 13


The front page on Jan. 13, 1907, showed a sketch of the Mauna Loa eruption.

1900: Chinatown merchants condemn planned fires in Chinatown and the quarantine in the district because of the bubonic plague.

1931: Honolulu Advertiser reports that work will begin soon on a new section of Kalaniana'ole Highway between Hanauma Bay and the Blowhole. It was the first unit of highway work under the federal aid program then in effect.

1936: Kahala residents petition for bus service to be extended to their area.

1957: Damon Estate announces the sale of 1,000 acres of Moanalua land, including Salt Lake, for $9.65 million to Clarence T.C. Ching acting on behalf of a group of local investors.

1960: Kilauea erupts, showering a 2-mile-long curtain of fire across Puna.

1978: The Most Rev. Joseph Ferrario is ordained a bishop in the Catholic Diocese of Honolulu, the first Catholic bishop ordained in Hawai'i.


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