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The history of today

JANUARY 25


The Jan. 25, 1942, front page, the day after a special court of inquiry placed much of the blame for Pearl Harbor losses on Rear Adm. Husband E. Kimmel and Lt. Gen. Walter C. Short.

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1908: Pacific Commercial Advertiser reports the American-Hawaiian steamship company is adding two more steamers between San Francisco and Hawai'i.

1919: Theaters and churches are closed in Hawai'i and all public gatherings in enclosed buildings are prohibited because of the flu epidemic.

1922: Kalihi-Kai School is destroyed in a fire.

1952: The Honolulu Advertiser reports that because of complaints, the Interscholastic League of Honolulu rolls back its plan to de-emphasize high school football. All prep games are to be played at Honolulu Stadium.

1999: Herman Wedemeyer, an All-American football player who retook the national stage three decades later as a regular on "Hawaii Five-0," dies at the age of 74.

2002: At least 12 Honolulu police officers are suspended or demoted for their part in the investigation of the late-night collision between retired police officer Clyde Arakawa and a 19-year-old woman killed in the crash in October 2000.


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