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The history of today

DECEMBER 1


Thomas Thrum advertised his "Hawaiian Almanac" in the Dec. 1, 1876, Pacific Commercial Advertiser.
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1897: A story in the Pacific Commercial Advertiser tells readers there is nothing more pleasant in or about Honolulu than a drive up Tantalus. The paper assured readers the drive was not too steep and that a ride in a surrey took just an hour from the post office to Mr. Schmidt's home, Maluhia.

1919: The first labor convention held in Hawai'i opens at the Honolulu Club on Nu'uanu Street. The delegates were primarily Japanese plantation workers.

1919: The board of supervisors selects a King Street site for the new McKinley High School. A Metcalf Street site was rejected.

1920: The territory advertises for bids for the first segment of the Waikiki reclamation project.

1922: The Catholic Sisters of the Order of St. Francis announce they have purchased the old J.P. Mendonca homestead on upper Liliha Street and plan to build a hospital.

1952: The first live television broadcast in Hawai'i is aired on KGMB-TV. Carl Hebenstreit was the program's emcee.

1969: Waves as high as 50 feet pound the North Shore, destroying homes and killing one person.

1988: As buglers play taps, the Camp Smith cross, a Halawa Heights landmark for 22 years, is taken down. A federal judge had ruled that the cross violated the constitutional separation of church and state.

2000: The state ends its experimental Wikiwiki commuter ferry service between Leeward O'ahu and downtown.


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