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The history of today

NOVEMBER 23


The Thanksgiving Day football game was advertised in the Pacific Commercial Advertiser on Nov. 23, 1895.
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1886: The Pacific Commercial Advertiser reports that when the Zealandia sailed that day, it would have on board the order for the new organ at Kaumakapili Church. A London firm that also supplied the organ for Our Lady of Peace Cathedral had been selected, the paper said, and the king approved the design of the organ.

1968: More than 1,500 soldiers in Hawai'i's 29th Brigade signed a petition to protest their call to active duty in Vietnam as individual replacements in the battle zone, The Advertiser reports. It was the first major unified protest by the Hawaii National Guard and Army Reserve troops since they were called to active duty on May 13, 1968.

1982: Iwa, a Category 1 hurricane, slams into the northwestern side of Kaua'i. The edge of the hurricane also swept along the Wai'anae Coast. Packing winds of up to 110 mph, Iwa sent roofs flying, toppled small aircraft, downed power lines and forced the evacuation of 7,000 people. Three deaths were attributed to the violent storm: a Navy man broke his neck when he hit a safety cable after a large wave rocked his ship, and two women were killed in a traffic accident caused by malfunctioning traffic lights.

1987: U.S. District Judge Alan Kay upholds the constitutionality of the state law designating Good Friday as a state holiday. Kay said that the holiday, whatever its intended purpose, had become a traditional day of rest and relaxation here. The judge said the intent and effect of the law were clearly secular. The ACLU had sued over the holiday, arguing it advanced a religion.


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