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In Hawaii's first major labor strike, 5000 Japanese plantation workers protest low pay and harsh
treatment compared with other ethnic workers. The strike fails, winning no concessions.
1912
Duke Kahanamoku wins gold and silver medals in freestyle swimming at the Stockholm
Olympics; he goes on to become an ambassador of surfing around the world.
1916
The US National Park Service is created by Congress; Hawaiʻi National Park is established, ini-
tially encompassing Haleakalā on Maui, and Kilauea and Mauna Loa on the Big Island.
1921
The Hawaiian Homes Commission Act is passed. It sets aside 200,000 acres for homesteading
by Hawaiians with 50% or more native blood, granting 99-year leases costing $1 a year.
1925
The first US military seaplane lands safely in Hawaii. Commercial flights don't start for more
than a decade: Pan Am offers the first passenger flights to the islands in 1936.
1927
The $4-million, Moorish-style Royal Hawaiian hotel, dubbed the 'Pink Palace,' opens in Waikiki,
and the arrival of the SS Malolo('Flying Fish') luxury liner inaugurates a new era of steamship
tourism.
1941
On December 7 Pearl Harbor is attacked by Japanese forces, catapulting the US into WWII. The
sinking of the battleship USS Arizonakills all 1177 crew members aboard.
1946
On April 1 the most destructive tsunami in Hawaii history (generated by an earthquake in
Alaska) kills 159 people across the islands and causes $26 million in property damage.
1949
Dockworkers stage a 177-day strike that halts all shipping to and from Hawaii; this is accompan-
ied by plantation worker strikes that win concessions from the Big Five companies.
1959
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