King Kamehameha Day
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June 11th, 2008: KING KAMEHAMEHA DAY is state holiday in Hawaii celebrating the birth of King Kamehameha I, who was born in 1737 or 1758 at Kokoiki in the Kohala district of the Big Island of Hawai’i. In 1790, after attaining control of the of the Big Island, he successfully invaded the Islands of Maui, Lana’i, and Moloka’i. By 1810, he had unified all the inhabited islands of Hawai’i under his rule with the help of European arms.As king, he encouraged trade and peaceful activities, and presided over the opening of Hawai’i to the rest of the world. On May 8, 1819, Kamehameha the Great died at Kailua in the district of Kona on his home Island. His remains were hidden with such secrecy, according to ancient custom, that “only the stars know his final resting place.” Wikipedia listing | Big Island Celebration …
Today thousands of people will gather on the northern tip of the Big Island of Hawaii to honor King Kamehameha I at his birthplace in North Kohala. In 1795 Kamehameha united the Hawaiian Islands with the help of European arms.
EVENTS ON THIS DAY - June 11th
-1184:(BCE) The Greeks finally capture Troy
1770: Capt Cook runs aground on Australian Great Barrier Reef
1859: Comstock silver load discovered near Virginia City, Nevada
1947: WW II sugar rationing finally ends
1959: Postmaster General bans D.H. Lawrence’s book, Lady Chatterley’s Lover
1967: Six Day War ended
1982: Movie “ET The Extra-Terrestrial” released (highest grossing film to date)
1990: The U.S. Supreme Court overturns a federal law prohibiting desecration of the American flag
2001: Timothy McVeigh is executed by injection for the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing that killed 168 people
-1184:(BCE) The Greeks finally capture Troy
1770: Capt Cook runs aground on Australian Great Barrier Reef
1859: Comstock silver load discovered near Virginia City, Nevada
1947: WW II sugar rationing finally ends
1959: Postmaster General bans D.H. Lawrence’s book, Lady Chatterley’s Lover
1967: Six Day War ended
1982: Movie “ET The Extra-Terrestrial” released (highest grossing film to date)
1990: The U.S. Supreme Court overturns a federal law prohibiting desecration of the American flag
2001: Timothy McVeigh is executed by injection for the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing that killed 168 people
BORN ON THIS DAY - June 11th
1572: Ben Jonson, playwright/poet
1864: Richard Strauss, composer
1876: AL Kroeber, anthropologist
1880: Jeannette Rankin, first woman elected to U.S. Congress
1913: Vince Lombardi, NFL coach
1918: Nelson Mandela, South Africa civil rights leader, president
1925: William Styron, Virginia, novelist
1935: Gene Wilder, actor
1936: Chad Everett, actor
1945: Adrienne Barbeau, actress
1947: Henry G Cisneros, (Mayor-D-San Antonio)
1949: Frank Beard, rocker
1956: Joe Montana, NFL quarterback
1959: Hugh Laurie, actor
1572: Ben Jonson, playwright/poet
1864: Richard Strauss, composer
1876: AL Kroeber, anthropologist
1880: Jeannette Rankin, first woman elected to U.S. Congress
1913: Vince Lombardi, NFL coach
1918: Nelson Mandela, South Africa civil rights leader, president
1925: William Styron, Virginia, novelist
1935: Gene Wilder, actor
1936: Chad Everett, actor
1945: Adrienne Barbeau, actress
1947: Henry G Cisneros, (Mayor-D-San Antonio)
1949: Frank Beard, rocker
1956: Joe Montana, NFL quarterback
1959: Hugh Laurie, actor
