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The history of today

JANUARY 23


On Jan. 23, 1958, Catholic Church officials met with supermarket representatives over the issue of stores opening on Sundays.

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1859: Mauna Loa erupts, with fountaining reported as high as 500 feet.

1933: Island composer Sonny Cunha dies at age 54.

1936: Public Utilities Commission gives Honolulu Rapid Transit Co. permission to extend bus service to 'Alewa Heights, Kalihi and Kalihi-Kai.

1960: Lava flow destroys the tiny settlement of Koa'e on the Big Island. Homes are also destroyed in Kapoho.

1973: President Nixon announces a cease-fire in Vietnam and the return of all U.S. troops and prisoners of war within 60 days.

1978: Workers in the Construction and General Laborers Union, the state’s second-largest construction union, with 3,000 members, strike. Other unions honor the picket lines, shutting down the construction industry in Hawai'i.


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