A Paradise Lost - KOPS - Universität Konstanz

1924: The U.S. Congress passes Hawaii’s ‘Bill of Rights,’ which asked for higher
appropriations of federal funds. Pablo Manlapit leads an eight-month strike of plantation
workers on Kaua’i.
1927: The first successful nonstop air flight from the mainland (Oakland) to Hawai’i
(Wheeler Field) is flown by two U.S. Army officers in a tri-motored Fokker monoplane
named “Bird of Paradise.”
1935: Pan American Airways Clipper flies from Alameda, California, to Honolulu.
1941: Japanese planes attack the U.S. Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor on December 7.
The U.S.S. Arizona and other ships are sunk. More than 2,500 lives are lost. The
appointed military governor of Hawai’i declares martial law.
1944: Martial law in Hawai’i is ended.
1946: Following a submarine earthquake in the Aleutian Islands, three tsunamis (large
tidal waves) hit the windward shores of the Hawaiian Islands. Hilo suffers the worst
damage and 159 lives are lost.
1949: Jack Hall leads a six-month strike by the International Longshoreman’s and
Warehouseman’s Union.
1950: The House Committee on Un-American Activities convenes to conduct hearings
on Communist influence in Hawaii’s labor organizations.
1953: Jack Hall and six codefendents are convicted under the anti-Communist Smith Act.
President Eisenhower signs an executive order giving the U.S. navy exclusive rights on
Kaho’olawe Island, used as a bombing range since World War II.
1959: Alaska is officially proclaimed the Forty-ninth State. After several unsuccessful
attempts (since 1944), statehood for Hawai’i is approved by the U.S. Senate and House.
In the Statehood Act, Sections 4 and 5(f) have been construed to make native Hawaiians
wards of the State of Hawai’i.
1960: Tsunami waves hit the Big Island and 61 lives are lost. The fiftieth star is added to
the U.S. flag on July 4.
1967: Hawai’i attracts one million tourists in a single year.
1969: The Civil Aeronautics Board awards seven airlines domestic routes from Hawai’i
to 35 cities on the mainland.
1972: Hawai’i attracts two million tourists.
1974: George Ariyoshi, the country’s first governor of Japanese ancestry, is elected.
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