Two of his three sons, Ronald and Louis moved to Hawaii where they became ranchers.

* August 15 – USA's Joe Bottom betters the world record in the 50m freestyle ( long course ) at a meet in Honolulu, Hawaii, shaving off 0. 12 of the previous record ( 22. 83 ) set by Bruce Stahl four months earlier: 22. 71.

Some notable current and retired jazz musicians in Hawaii include Gabe Baltazar ( saxophone ), Henry Allen ( guitar ), Adam Baron ( drums ), Vic Castellini ( Drums ), David Choy ( saxophone ), Rich Crandall ( piano ), Dan Del Negro ( keyboards ), Pierre Grill ( piano / keyboards / trombone ), Bruce Hamada ( bass ), DeShannon Higa ( trumpet ), Jim Howard ( piano ), Steve Jones ( bass ), John Kolivas ( bass ), Ryan Kunimura ( saxophone ), Noel Okimoto ( drums / percussion / vibes ), Michael Paulo ( reeds ), Rene Paulo ( acoustic grand piano ) was a forerunner of recording Hawaiian music in the jazz venue in the early 1960s and is one of Hawaii's legendary music greats, Robert Shinoda ( guitar ), Arex Ikehara ( bass ), Phil Bennett ( drums ), Aron Nelson ( piano ), Tennyson Stephens ( piano ), Dean Taba ( bass ), Betty Loo Taylor ( piano ), Tim Tsukiyama ( saxophone ) and Abe Lagrimas Jr. ( drums / ukulele / vibes ).

He was also cited, along with the head coach, Bruce O ' Neil, for providing misinformation to the NCAA and University of Hawaii officials.

Washington-based constitutional lawyer and Grassroot Institute of Hawaii consultant Bruce Fein has outlined a number of counterarguments challenging the historical accuracy and completeness of the assertions made in the Apology Resolution.

Today, his Kaito Gakko school, aloha and teachings are carried on by his wife Lillian Nu ' uhiwa ; and direct lineage students: Judan Bruce Keaulani of ' Kaiti Gokku Nuuhiwa Ryu ' in Oahu, Hawaii, 7th dan Kalani Akui, Carlos Gallegos, Wendell Wong, Hector Zaragosa, Jeff Osthus, Rudy Cuevas, Raime Keanaaina, and Kelii Keanaaina.

From there she toured extensively across the US-Charleston SC, Savannah GA, New Orleans and Baton Rouge LA, Memphis and Nashville TN, San Francisco and Sacramento CA, ( 1851 – 53 ) Lima ( Peru ), Valparaiso and Santiago ( Chili )( 1853 – 54 ), Honolulu Hawaii ( July 1854 ), Sydney, Melbourne, Geelong and Adelaide ( Australia )( 1854 and again in 1855 ), Bendigo, Hobart ( Tasmania 1856 ), Calcutta, Singapore, Java ( 1855 ).

* 1900 – Hawaii becomes a territory of the United States, with Sanford B. Dole as governor.

* 1907 – Honolulu, Hawaii becomes an independent city.

* 1780 – James Cook's ship HMS Resolution returns to England ( Cook having been killed on Hawaii during the voyage ).

* 1868 – A massive earthquake near Arica, Peru, causes an estimated 25, 000 casualties, and the subsequent tsunami causes considerable damage as far away as Hawaii and New Zealand.

* 1843 – The Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace in Honolulu, Hawaii is dedicated.

* 1927 – The Dole Air Race begins from Oakland, California, to Honolulu, Hawaii, during which six out of the eight participating planes crash or disappear.

* 1898 – The Hawaiian flag is lowered from ʻIolani Palace in an elaborate annexation ceremony and replaced with the flag of the United States to signify the transfer of sovereignty from the Republic of Hawaii to the United States.

* 1959 – President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs an executive order proclaiming Hawaii the 50th state of the union.

* 1988 – Near Maui, Hawaii, flight attendant Clarabelle " C. B.

* 1982 – A bomb explodes on Pan Am Flight 830, en route from Tokyo, Japan to Honolulu, Hawaii, killing one teenager and injuring 15 passengers.

During a 1935 – 1942 colonization attempt, the island was most likely on Hawaii time, which was then 10. 5 hours behind UTC .< ref > Since it is uninhabited the island's time zone is unspecified, but it lies within a nautical time zone 12 hours behind UTC.

Krulak's staff assignments included: operations officer, 2nd Battalion 9th Marines ( 1977 – 1978 ); chief of the Combat Arms Monitor Section at Headquarters Marine Corps, Washington, D. C. ( 1978 – 1979 ); executive assistant to the Director of Personnel Management, Headquarters Marine Corps ( 1979 – 1981 ); Plans Office, Fleet Marine Forces Pacific, Camp H. M. Smith, Hawaii ( 1982 – 1983 ); executive officer, 3rd Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Expeditionary Brigade ; assistant chief of staff, maritime pre-positioning ships, 1st MEB ; assistant chief of staff for operations, 1st Marine Expeditionary Brigade ; and the military assistant to the assistant secretary of defense for command, control, communications and intelligence, Office of the Secretary of Defense.

* 1941 – World War II: Attack on Pearl Harbor – The Imperial Japanese Navy attacks the United States Pacific Fleet and its defending Army Air Forces and Marine air forces at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, causing a declaration of war upon Japan by the United States.

* Hawaii – August 21, 1959

* 1902 – The Commercial Pacific Cable Company lays the first Pacific telegraph cable, from Ocean Beach, San Francisco to Honolulu, Hawaii.

* 1779 – James Cook is killed by Native Hawaiians near Kealakekua on the Island of Hawaii.

* 1989 – United Airlines Flight 811, bound for New Zealand from Honolulu, Hawaii, rips open during flight, sucking 9 passengers out of the business-class section.

* 1901 – The legislature of Hawaii Territory convenes for the first time.

* 2009 – The United States Navy guided missile cruiser runs aground off Oahu, Hawaii, damaging the ship as well as a coral reef.

* 1885 – The first government-approved Japanese immigrants arrived in Hawaii.

Historical records show Vancouver enjoyed good relations with native leaders both in Hawaii – where King Kamehameha I ceded Hawaii to Vancouver in 1794 – as well as the Pacific Northwest and California.

* William F. Quinn ( 1919 – 2006 ), territorial governor of Hawaii ( 1957 – 1959 ) and first governor of Hawaii ( 1959 – 1962 ), after it achieved statehood

* William F. Quinn ( 1919 – 2006 ), former governor of Hawaii

Since 1919, the Waikiki Aquarium has been an institution of the University of Hawaii System.

William Shaw Richardson ( December 22, 1919 – June 21, 2010 ) was an American attorney, political figure, and chief justice of the Hawaii State Supreme Court from 1966 to 1982.

William Francis Quinn ( July 13, 1919 – August 28, 2006 ) was the Governor of the Territory of Hawaii from 1957 to 1959 and the Governor of the State of Hawaii from 1959 to 1962.

* Ah Chew Goo ( born 1919 ), American former basketball player and former coach of the University of Hawaii men ’ s basketball team

Following the end of the First World War in November 1918, he left his position as senior artillery officer in the General Staff's Training Section and reverted to his permanent rank of major ( 1919 ), returning to the United States to teach, first, at the General Service School ( 1919 – 1921 ), then doing a stint as a staff officer in Hawaii ( 1921 – 1924 ), then as a professor of military science and tactics at Purdue University from 1924 to 1928.

Announced in 1919, only a few short years after Arizona had achieved statehood, it was one of 3 temples announced and constructed to serve outlying Mormon settlements in the early part of the century, the others being constructed in Laie, Hawaii and Cardston, Alberta.

Charles Kekumano ( 1919 – 1998 ) was a Roman Catholic priest from Hawaii.

Alexander Summers was born in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Annie Montague Alexander was born December 29, 1867, in Honolulu during the Kingdom of Hawaii in what is now the Mission Houses Museum.

* William DeWitt Alexander ( 1833 – 1913 ), educator in Hawaii

* William Patterson Alexander ( 1805 – 1884 ), American missionary Hawaii

In addition, he served as a director for Bank of Hawaii, C. Brewer, and Alexander & Baldwin.

* Henry Alexander Baldwin ( 1871 – 1946 ), businessman and U. S. Congressman from Hawaii known as " Harry "

Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. is a Honolulu-based company that was once part of the Big Five companies in territorial Hawaii.

Alexander has also served as vice-president and chief executive officer of The Augustine Educational Foundation and member-director of Catholic Charities Hawaii.

Alex O ' Loughlin ( born Alexander O ' Lachlan ; 24 August 1976 ) is an Australian actor, currently starring in CBS's Hawaii Five-0 as Lieutenant Commander Steve McGarrett.