The history of today
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1875: A reciprocity treaty between Hawai'i and the United States is signed, allowing sugar into U.S. markets duty-free.
1934: Judge James B. Poindexter is appointed governor of Hawai'i.
1948: India pacifist and leader Mahatma Gandhi is murdered by a Hindu extremist.
1960: Famed Island singer Alfred Apaka dies at age 40. He had a heart attack while playing paddle tennis with friends.
1968: The Tet offensive begins when Viet Cong forces launch a series of attacks in Vietnam.
1973: A jury finds G. Gordon Liddy and James W. McCord guilty of conspiracy, bugging and burglary in connection with the bugging of the Democratic party’s Watergate headquarters.
1993: Gannett Co. completes its purchase of The Honolulu Advertiser from Persis Corp., and sells the Honolulu Star-Bulletin to Liberty Newspapers Limited Partnership.
2005: Iraq holds an election for its national assembly, its first free election in half a century.
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