Hawaiian Newspaper Dies
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December 24th, 1927: The Hawaiian language newspaper “Kuokoa” dies. First published in 1861, it had for nearly three decades the greatest circulation of any newspaper in Hawaii. The Kuokoa was purchased by the Honolulu Advertiser in 1898. The first two decades of the new century saw drastically declining readership with the advent of English, and the paper was deemed financially unsound in 1927.
HISTORICAL EVENTS ON THIS DAY
- 1814: The Treaty of Ghent is signed in Belgium, ending the War of 1812
- 1865: Several Confederate veterans form a private social club called the Ku Klux Klan in Pulaski Tennessee
- 1871: Giusseppi Verdi’s “Aida” premieres in Cairo Egypt to celebrate the opening of the Suez Canal
- 1914: The first air raid on Britain is made during World War I when a German airplane drops a bomb on the grounds of a rectory in Dover
- 1943: President Franklin Delano Roosevelt appoints General Dwight David Eisenhower to be the Supreme Commander of the Allied forces
- 1948: A family takes up residence in the first U.S. house that is completely solar heated (Dover Massachusetts)
- 1964: Shooting begins on “The Cage” (the pilot for “Star Trek”)
- 1991: Mikhail Gorbachev resigns as head of the Soviet Union
- 1992: With less than one month left in office, President George Bush pardons former Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger and five others in the Iran-Contra scandal
BORN ON THIS DAY
- 1745: Benjamin Rush, physician-general (Continental Army)
- 1809: Christopher “Kit” Carson, KY, western scout
- 1818: James Prescott Joule, physicist
- 1822: Matthew Arnold, poet/critic
- 1905: Howard Hughes, reclusive billionaire
- 1907: IF Stone, U.S., journalist
- 1918: Anwar El Sadat, president of Egypt
- 1920: Dave Bartholomew, jazz artist/songwriter
- 1922: Ava Gardner, actress
- 1924: Lee Dorsey, vocalist
- 1929: Mary Higgins Clark, author
- 1930: Robert Joffrey, choreographer
- 1940: Jorma Kaukonen, rock guitarist/vocalist
- 1940: Paul Tagliabue, NFL commissioner
- 1957: Ian Burden, rocker
- 1969: Kenny Kelly, r&b performer (Riff) (38 years ago)
- 1966: Diedrich Bader, actor
- 1971: Ricky Martin, singer/actor
- 1973: Mary Ramsey, rock singer
- 1974: Ryan Seacrest, entertainer
- 1985: Gregory Scott, director
DIED ON THIS DAY
- 1979: Rudi [Rudolf] Dutschke German student leader, dies at 39
- 1984: Peter Lawford actor (The Thin Man), dies of cardiac arrest at 61
- 1987: John M “Joop” de Uyl Dutch social-democratic premier (1973-77), dies at 68
- 1992: Pierre Culliford [Peyo] Belgian cartoonist (Smurfs), dies at 64
- 1993: Norman Vincent Peale rev (Power of Positive Thinking), dies at 95
- 1993: Yen Chia-kan PM/President of Taiwan (1963-72, 75-78), dies
- 1994: Julie Haydon [Donella Donaldson] US actress (Scoundrel), dies at 84
- 1994: Louise H “Lous” Hensen actress (Uncle Wanja, Charlotte), dies at 74
- 1994: Nathan I. Daniel inventor (Guitars), dies at 82
- 1994: Rossano Brazzi Italian resistance fight/actor (Final Justice), dies at 78
- 1996: Edward Leadbitter politician, dies at 77
- 1996: Nguyen Huu Tho President of Vietnam (1980-81), dies
- 1997: James Komack producer (Courtship of Eddie’s Father), dies at 67
- 1997: Toshiro Mifune Japanese actor (Shogun), dies at 77
