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The history of today

NOVEMBER 26


Queen Liliçuokalani's casket has been sealed in a niche in the Kaläkaua crypt, the Nov. 26, 1917, Pacific Commercial Advertiser reported.
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1905: A storm halts all railroad service between Honolulu and Waialua.

1910: Mid-Pacific Institute opens in its new buildings in Manoa Valley.

1929:
The board of supervisors accepts the new city hall from contractors Walker & Olund.

1955: The first tunnel of the Nu'uanu Pali Highway is blasted open. A 100-pound charge of dynamite tore out nine feet of solid rock to open a four-foot hole in the 500-foot tunnel.

1955:
An 11-year-old boy's right leg is amputated after a huge boulder rolls down a steep 'Aina Haina hillside and crushes him against a stone wall.

1970: Fifteen people are rescued by firefighters in Kane'ohe and Waimanalo as floodwaters threaten to engulf their homes. No one was injured, but considerable damage was reported.


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