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The overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom was a coup d'état against Queen Liliʻuokalani that took place on January 17, 1893, on the island of Oʻahu, and was led by the Committee of Safety, composed of seven foreign residents and six Hawaiian Kingdom subjects of American descent in Honolulu. [ 5][ 6] The Committee prevailed upon American minister ...
Deaths. Dozens (including Cook) On 14 February 1779, English explorer Captain James Cook attempted to kidnap Kalaniʻōpuʻu, the ruling chief ( aliʻi nui) of the island of Hawaii, after the native Hawaiians had stolen a longboat from Cook's expedition. As Cook attempted to take the chief to his ship, they were confronted by a crowd of ...
2006 Kīholo Bay earthquake. / 19.877; -155.935. The 2006 Kīholo Bay earthquake occurred on October 15 at 07:07:49 local time with a magnitude of 6.7 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII ( Severe ). The shock was centered 21 kilometers (13 mi) southwest of Puakō and 21 km (13 mi) north of Kailua-Kona, Hawaiʻi, just offshore of the Kona ...
Type. False alarm. On the morning of January 13, 2018, an alert was accidentally issued via the Emergency Alert System and Wireless Emergency Alert System over television, radio, and cellular networks in the U.S. state of Hawaii, instructing citizens to seek shelter due to an incoming ballistic missile. It concluded with "This is not a drill".
The Battle of Nuʻuanu ( Hawaiian: Kalelekaʻanae; literally the leaping mullet), fought in May 1795 on the southern part of the island of Oʻahu, was a key battle in the final days of King Kamehameha I's wars to conquer the Hawaiian Islands. It is known in the Hawaiian language as Kalelekaʻanae, which means "the leaping mullet", and refers to ...
Rapid ʻŌhiʻa Death ( ROD) is a fungal disease that is rapidly killing forests of ʻōhiʻa ( Metrosideros polymorpha )—an ecologically important native tree species within the Hawaiian Islands that has provided a plethora of habitats for endangered birds and other species. [1] Initially reported by landowners in Puna in 2010, ROD spread ...
Interstate H-3. Interstate H-3 ( H-3) is an Interstate Highway located entirely within the US state of Hawaii on the island of Oʻahu. H-3 is also known as the John A. Burns Freeway, after the second governor of Hawaii. It crosses the Koʻolau Range along several viaducts and through the 5,165-foot-long (1,574 m) Tetsuo Harano Tunnels as well ...
Last month, a long-standing feud between a couple and their neighbor in Hawaii ended in an attempted murder and suicide. In June, a confrontation over loud music led a Texas man to kill his ...