04
1826 Kaumuali'i, the powerful chief of Kaua'i and Ka'ahumanu's second hus
        band, passes
05
1957 KHVH-TV is the first station in Hawai'i to transmit color slides and movies.
06
1841 Kapi'olani, daughter of Keawe and chiefess of Hilo, passes
07
1891 The Hawai 'i Electric Company, a private utility, is formed - though now a
        PUC, the corporate holdings and behavior of Hawai 'i Electric continues to
        reflect its 'for profit' status
08
1819 King Kamehameha the Great, passes at Kamakahonu
1914 The first cargo vessal sails through the Panama Canal - a ship loaded with
        Hawaiian Sugar.
09
1819 'Iolani Liholiho, the great nephew of Alapa'i, is proclaimed heir to Kame
        hameha
10
1839 A completed Bible translation in Hawaiian is completed.
1942 Mauna Loa erupts with enormous flows, threatening Hilo and surrounding ar
        eas. U.S. Army attempts to divert the flow by bombing with high explosives,
        to no avail.
11
1877 1922 KGU, owned by the Honolulu Advertiser,  is the first commercial radio
        station to broadcast in Hawai'i
12
1795 - date approx: Kamehameha's warriors are victorious in the battle of Nu'uanu
13
1980 The Hokule'a leaves Tahiti bound for Hawai'i, on her second return voyage
14
1787 John McKay arrives onboard the Imperial Eagle - the first resident caucasion
        in Hawai'i
17
1845 The first photographs in Hawai'i are taken by Theo Metcalf
19
1888 Official ground braking is made for laying the track of Honolulu's Street-
        Railway system
21
1816 Kaumuali'i places Kaua'i in care of the Russian Czar's protection, under
        duress
22
1846 The SS Cormorant is the first semi-steamer ship in Hawai 'i
23
1960 A major tsunami due to earthquake, devestates Hilo
24
1883 Princess Ke'elikolani passes
28
1979 The World's first Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion plant (OTEC) is commissioned at Keahole, Kaloko - Big Island
29
1866 Kamamalo, Kuhina Nui of King Kamehameha IV, passes. Though followed by
      Kekuanao'a,  she was the last true Kuhina Nui