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The history of today

MARCH 10


An ad in the March 10, 1866, Pacific Commercial Advertiser announced that the Volcano House was open for business.

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1903: Prince Albert Kunuiakea, the last of the Kamehameha heirs to Hawai'i's throne, dies.

1910: The superintendent of public works begins notifying property owners downtown that they must lay cement sidewalks. Alakea was to be the first street to get sidewalks and Richards Street was to be next, followed by Nu'uanu.

1924: President Coolidge signs the bill known as the Hawai'i Bill of Rights, which allows federal funds to be given to Hawai'i as if it were a state.

1925: The Outdoor Circle opposes a proposal to erect a resthouse, store and refreshment stand at the Pali lookout.

1927: A hearing over a proposal to create a business district on the mauka side of Kalakaua Avenue breaks out into a fight over charges of selfishness, ulterior motives, and lack of regard for the rights of old-timers. Property owners in the makai section of Waikiki objected to being excluded from the proposed business district. They said they had helped make Waikiki what it had become.

1943: Martial law is eased in Hawai'i and many executive and governmental functions are returned to civil rule. It's known as Restoration Day and was marked with a simple ceremony in the throne room at 'Iolani Palace.

1965: Kane'ohe's 1st Marine Brigade is hastily ordered to Okinawa to bolster the 3rd Marine Division. Two battalion landing teams from the 3rd division had been put ashore in South Vietnam to guard U.S. installations.

1970: A landmark abortion measure becomes Hawai'i law at midnight after Gov. John Burns let a 10-day waiting period pass without either signing or vetoing the bill. Hawai'i was the first state to legalize abortion.

1970: Pan American Airways introduces the Pacific to the jumbo jet age of commercial aviation with the arrival of its first scheduled 747 flight.


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