The history of today SEPTEMBER 13

	The Sept. 13, 1947, Advertiser reported on the investigation of a fatal plane crash off Honolulu in August 1947.

1957: Standard Oil Co. announces it will build a $40 million refinery on Campbell Estate land at 'Ewa.

1964: The first concert is held in the new Honolulu International Center (now Blaisdell Center) concert hall.

1968: Hawai'i golfing great Ted Makalena dies at the age of 34, less than five days after being injured in a swimming accident in Waikiki. Gov. John Burns designated Sept. 28 as Ted Makalena Day.

1977: Kilauea erupts on its East Rift Zone. The flow burned its way through the rain forest mauka of the Kaimu Black Sand Beach.

1996: The last harvest at McBryde Sugar Co. on Kaua'i ends as the company, which had been in business since 1899, shuts down.

2000: Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar Co. announces it is closing its Pa'ia Sugar Mill on Maui.
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