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The history of today

JULY 3


The Prince of Wales and the Archbishop of Canterbury are behind a movement to erect a monument to Father Damien on Moloka'i, the July 3, 1889, Pacific Commercial Advertiser reported. The monument to Damien from the people of Britain is still standing in Kalaupapa.

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1905: Honolulu's new immigration station dedicated. It was situated on the mud flats at Kaka'ako and rested on a pile foundation. It was connected with the shore by two foot bridges, one for immigrants and the other for officials and visitors.

1911: Gerrit P. Wilder plants the first 100 coconut trees at Fort Armstrong in the first part of a civic effort to beautify Honolulu's waterfront.

1919: Two Army planes carry mail interisland in the first air mail delivery in the Islands. Copies of The Advertiser were also delivered by air mail for the first time interisland.

1923: The Advertiser reports that Hawaiian Dredging Company has begun work on the dredging of the 1,000-foot channel from Honolulu Harbor toward Kalihi basin. The Kalihi Reserve Channel was to be dredged to a depth of 33 feet.

1930: The Kolekole Pass road opens.

1953: The "Hawaii 7," who were convicted of conspiring to advocate and teach the overthrow of the U.S. government, are sentenced. Six are given five-year terms and one is sentenced to three years. The convictions were eventually overturned. Six served a week of their prison terms and then were bailed out. Jack Hall didn't serve any of the prison term.

1959: Sen. John F. Kennedy arrives in the Islands. The presidential candidate was the keynote speaker at the Democratic Party's Independence Day function.


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