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1810 Kaumuali'i makes a forced cession of Kaua'i to Kamehameha
1946 A fearsome Tsunami, fifty-five feet high and traveling at over 490 mph, slams into the Big
Island community of Hilo, killing 159 people.
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1868 Mighty Mauna Loa erupts violently, causing major earthquakes and threatening Hilo.
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1839 Kuhina Nui (Queen Regent) Ka'ahumanu - favorite wife of Kamehameha - passes away
06
1869 Ke'ohokalole, mother of King David Kalakaua, passes
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1927 The Honolulu Academy of Arts opens as a gallery/museum
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1932 The Sugar Planters Association releases 148 toads, to combat insects, on O'ahu
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1877 William Pitt Kalaho'olewaleleiohoku, passes
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1877 Her Majesty Lili'uokalani, Kamaka'eha, named heir apparent to brother Prince Leleiohoku
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1930 The first recorded birth of quadruplets in the Territory
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1981 The State of Hawaii has its first same sex couple marriage
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