The history of today
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1929: James Arthur Rath, organizer of Palama Settlement and its director for more than 20 years, dies at the age of 58.
1908: The Pacific Commercial Advertiser reports on Prince Jonah Kuhio Kalaniana'ole's, first speech to Congress.
1921: C. Brewer & Co. purchases a lot at the corner of King and Richards streets for a new office building.
1924: Halema'uma'u erupts violently, spewing rocks and lava 1,800 feet into the air. Eight people are injured.
1926: Catholic Bishop Libert Boeynaems dies at the age of 68. He had been in Hawai'i since 1881 and had headed the Catholic Church in Hawai'i since 1903.
1940: Torrential rains on the northeast side of Kaua'i wash out six homes and a number of chicken coops, disrupt traffic and leave the Nawiliwili valley under floodwaters.
1981: Pope John Paul II is shot and seriously wounded in a close-range assassination attempt in St. Peter's Square.
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