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57 unusual facts about Hawaii


2007 Ironman World Championship

The 2007 Ford Ironman World Championship was a triathlon race held on October 13, 2007 in Kailua, Hawaii County, Hawaii.

2013 Pacific hurricane season

More than 9,000 residences were without electricity across the state, with most outages concentrated in Kihei, Maui, and Puna.

Aaron Francisco

Aaron Francisco attended Kahuku High School in Kahuku, Hawai'i (Oahu), and was an All State and All Oahu Interscholastic Association (OIA) selection as a senior.

Ahuimanu, Hawaii

It is located in the community of Temple Valley, Ahuimanu in the ahupua'a of Kāne'ohe near the Ko'olau mountains on the island of Oahu.

Asian Americans in California

California has the largest Asian American population in the U.S., and second highest proportion of Asian American residents, after Hawaii.

Bob Hogue

The novel is historical fiction, mystery, and romance set in Kailua, Oahu around the time of the Attack on Pearl Harbor.

Clayton Hee

From 1984 until 1988, Hee served as the State Senator for the district encompassing Kailua to Kaneohe.

Cyrus Foley

However, this relationship lasted a short time, and after her step son Will was sent away, she and her remaining son R.J. moved to Hawaii.

Diamond Head

Diamond Head, Hawaii, a volcanic cone on the Hawaiian island of O'ahu known to Hawaiians as Leahi

Dick Latvala

While living in Hawaii, Latvala got into tape trading, and after moving to the mainland in the late 1970s, he befriended the Grateful Dead's roadies.

E.H. Roelfzema

He travelled extensively, and from 1970 until 1990 he was a farmer, fisherman, and surfer in Ahualoa, Hawaii.

Eddie Kamae

Eddie Leilani Kamae was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, and raised both there and in Lahaina, Maui.

Elmer Cravalho

In the 1970s, he was responsible for developing the waterline from Wailuku to Wailea, which enabled the development of Kihei.

Falaniko Vitale

Vitale was born in Honolulu, Hawaii and is a native of Waipahu, Hawaii.

Flora Benson

As part of her mission, she taught in the LDS Church-run elementary school in Laie, Hawaii.

Francis A. Marzen

Marzen was the founding pastor of Our Lady of Good Counsel Church and School in Pearl City as well as Saints Peter and Paul Church in the Kapi`olani Business District of Honolulu.

Fried rice

Hawaiian fried rice: A common style of fried rice in Hawaii, it usually contains egg, green onions, peas, cubed carrots, and either Portuguese sausage or Spam or both, sometimes available with kimchi added.

Garrett K. Hongo

Garrett Kaoru Hongo (born 30 May 1951 Volcano, Hawaii) is an American poet and author.

Go!Express

In September 2006, Mesa announced that it had reached an agreement with Mokulele Airlines, whereby Mokulele would operate Cessna Grand Caravan aircraft to Kapalua, Molokai, and Lanai under the Go!

Hank Wesselman

They divide their time between northern California and Captain Cook, Hawaii.

Hawaii Department of Health

The Hawaii Department of Health administers Kalawao County, the state's smallest county, which consists of the three villages Kalaupapa, Kalawao, and Waikolu, located on the Kalaupapa Peninsula on the north coast of Moloka'i.

Hawaii, Oslo

Its stars Trond Espen Seim, Aksel Hennie, Jan Gunnar Røise and Petronella Barker.

Hawaii's congressional districts

Republican Charles Djou won a special election on May 22, 2010 against Democrats Colleen Hanabusa and Ed Case to become the first Republican in over 20 years to represent the 1st district and to represent President Obama's home district.

Henry Perrine Baldwin

In 1903 he built another house called Maluhia at a higher elevation near Olinda, Hawaii surrounded by fruit trees.

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David Thomas Fleming (1881–1955) was manager of Baldwin's Honolua Ranch where he planted pineapple in 1912.

Hurricane Fefa

A man in Hilo was burnt when lightning moved through telephone wires.

Irie Love

Irie Love (her birth-given name) (born on July 7, 1982 in Kailua, Honolulu County, Hawaii) is a Hawaiian R&B Reggae singer and songwriter.

James Apana

Born in Wailuku, he graduated from Kamehameha Schools and obtained a speech degree at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa.

Joe Bertram

A Democrat, he represented the 11th district in south Maui, which includes the communities of Wailea-Makena and Kihei, his hometown.

John M. Paxton, Jr.

Upon completion of The Basic School, he was ordered to Airborne School at Fort Benning, Georgia and then assigned as a Rifle Platoon Commander in Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marines, 1st Marine Brigade, Kaneohe, Hawaii.

John R. Pillion

In Congress, he was most notable as an opponent of statehood for both Hawaii and Alaska.

Kala Hose

Hose is from Waianae, a traditionally blue-collar town on the western coastline of the island of Oahu in Hawaii.

KAUI

KAUI-LP, a low-power television station (channel 51) licensed to Wailuku, Hawaii, United States

KCOF

KCOF-LP, a low-power radio station (102.5 FM) licensed to Captain Cook, Hawaii, United States

KHAI

KHAI (103.5 FM) is a Christian Rock station licensed to Wahiawa, Hawaii and serves the Honolulu radio market.

Kihei

Kihei, Hawaii, census-designated place IN Maui County, Hawaii, United States

Ku Ikaika Challenge

The Ku Ikaika Challenge is an annual big-wave competition, held at Makaha Beach, in Mākaha, Hawaii, on the island of Oahu.

KUCD

The Clear Channel Communications outlet broadcasts at 101.9 MHz with an ERP of 100 kW and is licensed to Pearl City, Hawaii.

KWHE

KWHE's signal is relayed on satellite stations KWHD (channel 14) in Hilo and KWHM (channel 21) in Wailuku.

Lanikai Beach

Lanikai Beach is located in Lanikai, a neighborhood within Kailua, on the windward coast of Oahu, Hawaii.

Lauvale Sape

Sape attended Leilehua High School in Wahiawa, Hawaii and was a student and a football letterman, he graduated in 1998.

Lolohea Mahe

On January 27, 2010, Mahe was arrested in Lahaina, Hawaii after a fight broke out between him and a group of men in the Lahaina Cannery Mall parking lot at 1:25 am.

Love, Blactually

Brian feels uncertain that he should carry out this plan, but Cleveland announces plans to elope with Carolyn in Hawaii, which makes their friendship tense.

Mahi Beamer

He served in the United States Army during the post-World War II years at Schofield Barracks at Wahiawa on the island of Oahu, where he played classical piano and the glockenspiel.

Ninole Hills

The Ninole Hills are remains of the top rim of a big deep hollow left when the prehistoric Punalu`u landslide slid away.

Paul Kaiwi

Kaiwi was born to Paul A. Kaiwi, Sr. and Geraldine (Castro) Kaiwi of Hana, Hawaii, where he grew up and attended High school.

Pisces V

A mock-up of the control panel of the Pisces V can be visited by the public at the Mokupāpapa Discovery Center in Hilo, Hawaii.

Proteinoid

Fox later found proteinoids similar to those he had created in his laboratory in lava and cinders from Hawaiian volcanic vents and determined that the amino acids present polymerized due to the heat of escaping gases and lava.

Robert Paulele

Robert Paulele (born September 1, 1984 in Waikapu, Hawaii) is an American football coach and former professional player.

Sam Slom

Samuel Morgan Slom, known as Sam Slom (born April 13, 1942), is a Republican member of the Hawaii Senate who, since 1996, has represented the 9th District, which includes Hawaii Kai, Aina Haina, Kahala and Diamond Head.

Sonya Balmores

Sonya Balmores is an American actress, model, and surfer from Kalaheo, Hawaii who also competed in the Miss Teen USA pageant.

Spotswood College

In 2009, 22 students from Spotswood College's kapa haka group Te Kura Tuarua O Ngamotu were chosen to represent New Zealand at the tenth annual Te Manahua Maori cultural competition in Laie, Hawaii.

Third voyage of James Cook

In passing and after initial landfall at Waimea harbour, Kauai, Cook named the archipelago the "Sandwich Islands" after the fourth Earl of Sandwich—the acting First Lord of the Admiralty.

Title 1 of the Code of Federal Regulations

Mowat was accused of violating COMFOURTEEN Instruction 5510.35, a regulation restricting access to Kahoolawe Island, Hawaii, which was used by the U.S. military for target practice.

Wailua Valley State Wayside Park

From the park you can view waterfalls, the Ko'olau Gap, Wailua Peninsula and the rim of Haleakala Crater.

Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act of 1954

In addition, loans to localities were authorized and the provisions of the Act were extended to apply to Hawaii, Alaska, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands.

Whitney Anderson

Whitney Anderson's first stint in public office came in 1978, when he won a State House seat representing Kailua.


1874 Transit of Venus Expedition to Hawaii

Charles Darwin's son, Leonard Darwin, was a photographer on the 1874 Transit of Venus Expedition to New Zealand, after which he traveled to Hawaii aboard the Mikado to meet the team in Honolulu.

2010 TK7

The orbital information was published in the journal Nature by Paul Wiegert of the University of Western Ontario, Martin Connors of Athabasca University and Christian Veillet, the executive director of the Canada–France–Hawaii Telescope.

23d Bomb Squadron

On 27 December 1935, the Mauna Loa volcano on the island of Hawaii erupted, threatening the city of Hilo.

A field guide to the birds of Hawaii and the Tropical Pacific

A Field Guide to the Birds of Hawaii and the Tropical Pacific is a 1987 book by Harold Douglas Pratt, Jr., Phillip L. Bruner and Delwyn G. Berrett (with illustrations by Pratt).

Adam Smith University

John Bear states that Adam Smith University has been located in Hawaii, Louisiana, Montana, and South Dakota in the past.

All Aboard! Rosie's Family Cruise

In the film, Rosie and Kelli's family, along with several other families on the cruise are interviewed, including former Hawaiian NFL star Esera Tuaolo along with his partner and their children.

Anatrachyntis rileyi

It is found in much of the warm or tropical areas of the world, including northern Australia, the Galápagos Islands, Hawaii, the Antilles, and South America.

Apana

James Apana, also known as Kimo Apana, Mayor of the County of Maui in Hawaii from 1999 to 2003

Beverly Willis

Upon graduation from the University of Hawaii, Willis founded the Willis Atelier in Waikiki, where she continued the mural and fresco work begun in college under the training of Jean Charlot.

Beyond Paradise

It did well at the box office in Hawaii; according to Variety Magazine, it beat The Matrix in ticket sales in Hawaii.

Bu Laia

Bu Laʻia (born as Shawn Kaui Hill in Waimanalo, Hawaii) is a Hawaiian comedian known for his use of Hawaiian pidgin and for wearing a large "afro style" wig and blacking out one of his front teeth while performing.

Cabo Blanco, Peru

The wave is a hollow powerful left and is reckoned the "Peruvian Pipeline", referring to the Banzai Pipeline in Hawaii.

Communication Moon Relay

The finished system used two sets of transmitters at Annapolis, Maryland and the Opana Radar Site in Hawaii and two sets of receivers at Cheltenham, Maryland and Wahiawa, Hawaii.

Emma Wo

On August 16, 2008, Wo represented Hawaii in the Miss Teen USA 2008 pageant held in Atlantis Paradise Island, Nassau, Bahamas, the first Miss Teen USA pageant held outside the United States.

Fortunato Teho

During this time, Teho also began writing regular gardening columns for newspapers throughout the state of Hawaii, including the Honolulu Advertiser and Star-Bulletin, the Hilo Hawaii Tribune-Herald, the Maui News and the Kauai Garden Island.

Hanauma Bay

Hawaii-themed films and television shows, including Blue Hawaii, Paradise, Hawaiian Style, Tora! Tora! Tora!, Hawaii Five-O, and Magnum, P.I., shot footage at the bay.

Hawai'i Championship Wrestling

Battle Hawaii 2003 and 2004 were significant points in HCW's history as the promotion undertook some brave business ventures in cross-promoting itself with New Japan Pro-Wrestling in Battle Hawaii 2003 with the appearances of Masahiro Chono, Yuji Nagata, Jushin "Thunder" Liger, and Tiger Mask IV and with Battle Hawaii 2004 with the appearances of Sting, DDP, Rikishi, and The Great Muta.

Hawaii Tokai International College

Kenji Sakaguchi, a Japanese actor and son of pro wrestler Seiji Sakaguchi, starring in various T.V. dramas, attended Hawaii Tokai International College.

Hawaii v. Office of Hawaiian Affairs

In 1893, a "Committee of Safety," in co-operation with United States minister to Hawaii John L. Stevens, overthrew the Kingdom of Hawaii and established a provisional government.

Heinrich Sylvester Theodor Tiling

He combined this knowledge with what he had seen on his return voyage to Europe 1851–1852 as ships surgeon from Ayan via Sachalin, Kamchatka, Sitka, Hawaii, Tahiti, around the Cape Hoorn and through the Atlantic Ocean back to the baltic seaport Kronstadt, now a suburb of St.Petersburg.

History of same-sex unions

The earliest use of the phrase "commitment ceremony" as an alternative term for "gay wedding" appears to be by Bill Woods who, in 1990, tried to organize a mass "commitment ceremony" for Hawaii's first gay pride parade.

I Never Told You

Later on the song was completed during a three week "writing camp" in Hawaii that Caillat organized with fellow singer/songwriter Jason Reeves and American Idol judge Kara DioGuardi.

James Gay Sawkins

The Honolulu Museum of Art, Mission House Museum (Honolulu, Hawaii) and the National Library of Australia (Canberra) are among the public collections holding works by James Gay Sawkins.

John C. Goss

John C. Goss (born October 21, 1958, in Landstuhl, Germany) is an American artist and author and has lived most of his life in the Asia/Pacific region (Hawaii, Los Angeles, Bangkok).

John Ronald Brown

Brown continued to practice medicine outside of California, but was successively barred from practicing in Hawaii, Alaska and the island of Saint Lucia.

June Jones

After initial reports had him interviewing at SMU, Hawaii officials had offers to raise his salary from $800,000 a year to $1.7 million a year and offered a commitment to improve its facilities; in addition there was an outpouring of support from Hawaii fans, including Gov. Linda Lingle.

Kara Monaco

In 2007, Monaco appeared in three episodes of Up Close with Carrie Keagan, an episode of Model Dating: Hawaii and on an episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live!, portraying Miss America for a skit.

KAUI

KSHK, a radio station (103.3 FM) licensed to Kekaha, Hawaii, United States, which held the call sign KAUI from September 1989 to March 1999

Kirk Caldwell

Caldwell served as the acting mayor of Honolulu, Hawaii's capital and largest city, during the tsunami evacuation in the absence of Mayor Mufi Hannemann following the 2010 Chile earthquake.

Lost Flight

Location shooting at Honolulu Airport in Hawaii showed the movie stand-in being fuelled and loaded while surrounded by JAL and United DC-8s and Pan American 707s.

Makoto Ōoka

What the Kite Thinks: A Linked Poem, by Makoto Ooka, Wing Tek Lum, Joseph Stanton, and Jean Yamasaki Toyama (Manoa: University of Hawaii Press, 1994)

Mari Yoriko Sabusawa

Mari was the encouragement and helped in the research of some of Michener's novels, such as, The Bridge at Andau, Hawaii, and The Source.

Namae no Nai Sora o Miagete

A campaign to win a trip to Kauai, Hawaii, where the artwork for the single cover was shot, was launched in July 2004 to celebrate the release of the single.

Parribacus antarcticus

antarcticus is distributed along the western coast the Atlantic Ocean from Florida to northern Brazil, along the southern coast of Africa in the Indian Ocean, and in Hawaii and Polynesia in the South Pacific Ocean.

Paul Isenberg

It was sold to a consortium of Hawaii businessmen in 1918, who changed the name to "American Factors" and the company's store Liberty House.

Polydesma umbricola

It is found in Southern Europe, Africa, minor Asia to Southern Asia, including many Indian Ocean islands, like Coëtivy Island, Aldabra, Assumption Island, Madagascar and on Hawaii.

Randy California

Randy California drowned in the ocean while rescuing his 12-year-old son from a rip current near the home of his mother, Bernice Pearl, at Molokai, Hawaii.

Roger H. Chen

Since 1988, 99 Ranch Market chains have opened across the United States with stores located in areas such as San Gabriel, Hawaii, Las Vegas, Nevada, Seattle, Washington, and Phoenix, Arizona.

Samantha Brown

Samantha Elizabeth Brown (born March 31, 1970) is an American television host, notable for her work as the host of several Travel Channel shows including Girl Meets Hawaii, Great Vacation Homes, Great Hotels, Passport to Europe, Passport to Latin America, Great Weekends, Green Getaways, Passport to China, and Samantha Brown's Asia.

Somerville, Tennessee

Ingram Stainback (1883-1961) - Territorial governor of Hawaii born in Somerville.

Stegastes fasciolatus

Its range extends from East Africa to Australia and the Kermadec Islands including Hawaii, Easter Island and the Ryukyu Islands.

Telstra Endeavour

Telstra announced that the cable would connect Sydney, Australia and Hawaii with a 9,000 km link, the largest ever built and owned by an Australian company, providing a transmission capacity of 1.28 terabit/s to Hawaii.

The Waikikis

Composers such as Jo van Wetter, Willy Albimoor, Hans Blum and Michael Thomas (Martin Böttcher) created songs like "Hawaii Tattoo", "Carnival of Venice", "Mein Hut der hat drei Ecken", "Aloha Parade", "Honolulu Parade" and "Waikiki Welcome".

Washington, Kentucky

Other noteworthy people who lived in Washington during the first half of the 1800s include Lorrin Andrews, who taught school in Washington, married a local girl, Mary Wilson, and went on to found what became the University of Hawaii.

Wendell Kim

Wendell Kim (born March 9, 1950 in Honolulu, Hawaii) is a former professional baseball player, coach and manager.

William Harding Longley

He studied a lot of plants in places like Hawaii, Samoa, Tortugas, and the Pacific, and examining some in European and American museums.