Regardless, sugar was big business, and there was not nearly enough labor to work the fields, especially on Maui, which was during this period the fastest growing sugar plantation area in the state. Soon, pineapple fields demanded workers as well, and more boats would follow the the Gaelic. Workers were imported to Maui right up to the second world war.

Because of the diverse population of workers from different lands and cultures speaking many different languages, Pidgin English evolved as a form of communication that transcended these linguistic boundaries and is commonly spoken on Maui today.

HISTORICAL EVENTS ON THIS DAY – January 11th

• 1693: Mount Etna erupts in Sicily 
• 1813: The first pineapples are planted in Hawaii 
• 1878: The first milk is delivered in glass bottles (by Alexander Gambil) 
• 1892: The Hawaiian Historical Society is founded 
• 1913: The first sedan-type car (the Hudson) goes on display at the 13th Auto Show
• 1935: Amelia Earhart flies non-stop from Honolulu, HI,to Oakland, CA
• 1963: The first discotheque opens: The Whiskey-a-go-go 
• 1964: U.S. Surgeon General Luther Terry reports that smoking may be hazardous (the first government report to claim the health hazards of smoking) 
• 1973: The trial of the Watergate burglars begins in Washington DC 
• 1984: Supreme Court reinstates the $10M award to Karen Silkwood’s family 
• 2001: The FCC  approves the merger of America Online and Time-Warner
• 2003 Calling the death penalty process “arbitrary and capricious, and therefore immoral,” Illinois Gov. George Ryan commuted the sentences of 167 condemned inmates, clearing his state’s death row two days before leaving office.

BORN ON THIS DAY – January 11th