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The history of today

MAY 7


The May 6, 1909, Pacific Commercial Advertiser reported that the territory was about to advertise for bids for construction of the Royal Mausoleum.

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1910: Ground is broken for the third Kaumakapili Church. The new church building replaced the church that burned in the Chinatown fire of 1900.

1914: The British liner Lusitania is sunk by German torpedoes off the coast of Ireland. Two Honolulans were aboard and were among the survivors.

1924: Negotiations are completed for the sale of a part of the Allen estate property commonly known as "Laniakea" to the Young Women's Christian Association. The YWCA bought the part of the estate facing Richards Street.

1936: The O'ahu prison band will no longer be allowed to take part in parades or play at government receptions, warden Joseph Ordenstein said. The inmate band previously had taken part in holiday parades and social functions.

1941: The military announces that with more than 150 ships of the U.S. fleet ordered to stay in Hawaiian waters indefinitely, all armed forces in the Islands are to go on wartime status the following week when the Army sends 23,000 troops into the field for spring battle drills.

1970: More than 3,000 members of International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 1357 go on strike after rejecting a proposed new two-year contract with Hawaiian Telephone Co.

1977: The University of Hawai'i basketball program is censured and put on two-year probation by the NCAA for 68 specific violations of NCAA rules, including improper recruiting inducements and illegal extra benefits to 22 athletes.

1994: With chants, drums and the mournful sound of conch shell horns, the island of Kaho'olawe is officially transferred to the state of Hawai'i by the U.S. Navy.

1999: Probate Court Judge Kevin S.C. Chang removes four of the five trustees of the Bishop Estate — Henry Peters, Lokelani Lindsey, Richard "Dickie" Wong and Gerard Jervis — and accepts the unconditional resignation of the fifth trustee, Oswald Stender. It was a dramatic culmination of more than a year of broadening court oversight of the wealthy estate. The IRS had asked the trustees to step down or face proceedings for revocation of the tax-exempt status of the trust.

2001: The board of directors of BancWest Corp., parent company of First Hawaiian Bank, accepts an offer by BNP Paribas SA to acquire the company for $2.5 billion.

2005: A fire at century-old Kalaheo Elementary School destroys six classrooms and the administration office.


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