The history of today SEPTEMBER 2

	William F. Quinn was sworn in as the 12th territorial governor of Hawai'ai on Sept. 2, 1957.

1945: Two Japanese officials sign surrender documents aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, ending World War II.

1949: The National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific at Punchbowl is formally dedicated in a 33-minute ceremony attended by 10,000 people.

1949: Kaua'i's new airport in Lihu'e opens.

1980: Members of the Hawaii Carpenters Union go on strike, halting several major construction projects, including the new Honolulu District Court building and the expansion of Mililani town.

1992: Gannett Co., the nation's largest newspaper company, agrees to buy The Advertiser, Hawaii's oldest and largest newspaper, from Hawai'i-based Persis Corp. At the same time, Gannett announces plans to sell the Honolulu Star-Bulletin.

2005: U.S. District Judge David Ezra orders Hui Malama I Na Kupuna 'O Hawai'i Nei to return to the Bishop Museum 83 lots of sacred burial objects that the group said it had placed in a sealed Big Island cave.

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