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The Honolulu Advertiser
The history of today

JUNE 7


The U.S. secretary of agriculture issues an order barring snakes from Hawai'i, the June 7, 1902, Pacific Commercial Advertiser reported.

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1909: Nearly 1,400 workers return to the mill and cane fields of the 'Ewa plantation, ending a strike that had lasted for more than a month.

1915: Charles Reed Bishop dies in San Francisco at the age of 93. He had lived in San Francisco for 20 years. He was, The Advertiser said, the "greatest philanthropist Hawai'i has ever known." His body was returned to Honolulu and he was buried beside his wife, Princess Bernice Pauahi Bishop.

1945: Dairymen's Association Ltd. workers strike for one day. They are ordered back to work by the War Labor Board.

1945: The drought on O'ahu that began in 1940 is the worst on record, The Advertiser reports. Conditions are critical from Koko Head to Kaimuki, the Board of Water Supply says.

1949: Milk production on O'ahu has been cut 10 percent because of a shortage of feed caused by the dock strike, which began May 1.

1969: President Nixon visits Hawai'i en route to Midway to meet with South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu.

1974: Federal Judge Martin Pence reapportions the state School Board, reducing the number of members from 11 to nine and giving the Neighbor Islands two seats to be shared among three counties. Pence had given the Legislature two chances to come up with a reapportionment plan to comply with the federal guidelines for "one-man, one-vote" representation but the Legislature failed to act.

1975: Island personality David Akana "Lippy" Espinda dies at the age of 62. His trademark was the expression "shaka, brah," which he popularized on his television show, "Lippy's Lanai Theater."

2005: St. Francis Healthcare System agrees to sell its two struggling hospitals to a group led by Filipino-American doctors and the group's partner, Cardiovascular Hospitals of America.


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