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48 unusual facts about Hawaii


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.

Arsenius Walsh

Walsh returned to Oahu, where he became the pastor of Ahuimanu.

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.

Code Rebel

Code Rebel, LLC is an American software development company founded by Arben Kryeziu in 2006 and based in Kahului, Hawaii, United States.

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.

Diane Suzuki

Suzuki was a female resident of Halawa, 4 feet 11 inches tall, 109 pounds, with a slim build, and of Japanese descent.

Earthquake light

The lights are reported to appear while an earthquake is occurring, although there are reports of lights before or after earthquakes, such as reports concerning the 1975 Kalapana earthquake.

Emil John Mihalik

At that time, his jurisdiction encompassed central and eastern Ohio, Arizona, California, Colorado, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Missouri, Iowa, Kansas, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming, Alaska and Hawaii.

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.

Fred Punahoa

Fred Punahoa (also spelled "Punahou") was a Hawaiian musician and slack key guitar player from Kalapana, Hawaii.

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.

Hank Wesselman

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

Henry Perrine Baldwin

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

Honoapiilani Highway

Following terrain of the island it circumvents the West side of West Maui connecting Olowalu, Launiupuko, Lahaina, Kahana, through the regions of Kapalua and Honolua, and ending in Honokohau Bay.

In-A-Gadda-Da-Leela

In the meantime, the Planet Express crew travels to Lo'ihi Island in Hawaii, the one spot where humanity has not made its mark.

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.

Johnny Noble

Noble composed a number of hapa haole tunes, including "My Little Grass Shack", "King Kamehameha" and "Hula Blues".

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

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.

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.

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.

Marc R. Alexander

After completing his seminary studies in the American College of Louvain (Leuven), he was ordained to the presbyterate for the diocese of Honolulu at Saint John Vianney Church in Kailua on October 18, 1985 where he served as a parochial vicar.

Motel Motel

Motel Motel is an indie folk/rock band based in Brooklyn, New York, with roots and influences from Denver, Colorado; Captain Cook, Hawaii; and Richmond, Virginia and elsewhere across the United States.

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.

Park Place Productions

On 15 September 2009, co-founder Michael Knox died in Kaneohe, Hawaii of colon cancer.

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.

Ray Schoenke

Raymond Frederick Schoenke (born September 10, 1941 in Wahiawa, Hawaii) is a former American football player in the National Football League for the Dallas Cowboys and the Washington Redskins.

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.

Samuel Kamakau

Kamakau married S. Hainakolo and moved to his wife's hometown of Kīpahulu.

Sanji Abe

Abe was born in Kailua, Hawaii in 1895 to immigrant parents from Japan, Matsujiro and Raku, who had arrived in the islands two years earlier as migrant workers from Fukuoka.

Sonya Balmores

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

Stan Kenton Presents Gabe Baltazar

Both producer Wayne Dunstan and saxophonist Gabe Baltazar lived in Hawaii after having been on the Stan Kenton orchestra together in the 1960s, both serving in Kenton's sax section.

Tambi Larsen

During a time-out from Hollywood while he designed a movie about Father Damien, Larsen began visiting Hawaii.

Timmy Chang

Born in Waipahu, Hawai'i, Chang attended St. Louis School in Honolulu and was an honors student and a three-year letterman in football and basketball.

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.

Wailuku River

It flows generally eastward, descending steeply from the mountain and entering the Pacific Ocean at Hilo.

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.

Wiki wiki dollar

The Hawaiian use of the word "wiki" was the local pronunciation of the word "quickly" spoken to them by missionaries trying to get their flocks to work more to Western timeframes than the more laid back Hawaiian work ethic of getting it done in plenty of time.

William Drake Westervelt

Pastor of churches in Cleveland, Ohio and Colorado, he settled in Hawaii in 1899, marrying a missionary descendant, Caroline Dickinson Castle (1859–1941).


1780 in poetry

Anna Seward, Elegy on Captain Cook, on James Cook, who died February 13, 1779 in Hawaii

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.

1989 in the Philippines

September 28 - Former President Ferdinand Marcos dies in an inter-organ failure at his hospital in Honolulu, Hawaii.

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).

Abigail Campbell Kawānanakoa

She has a short role in Harry Turtledove's novel in Days of Infamy where she is offered the throne of a restored Kingdom of Hawaii.

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.

Apana

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

Brent Rausch

He replaced the former Hawaii Warrior starring Quarterback, NCAA Record Setting, Colt Brennan.

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.

BYU–Hawaii Seasiders

The BYU–Hawaii Seasiders (also Brigham Young–Hawaii Seasiders and BYUH Seasiders) are the 11 varsity athletic teams that represent Brigham Young University–Hawaii, located in Laie, Hawaii, in NCAA Division II intercollegiate sports.

Caren Marsh Doll

Once a month on the first Monday, Marsh volunteers as a dance therapy instructor at the Palm Springs Stroke Activity Center where the styles taught range from themes like ballroom dancing, country, Hawaiian, and belly dancing.

Carrier Air Wing Two

Port calls during the past three deployments have included stops in Sydney and Perth, Western Australia, Manama (Bahrain), Jebel Ali (United Arab Emirates), Singapore, Kelang (Malaysia), Hong Kong (China), Pusan (Korea), Yokosuka (Japan), and 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.

Dennis Stock

In the mid-1970s, he traveled to Japan and the Far East, and also produced numerous features series, such as photographs of contrasting regions, like Hawaii and Alaska.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Henry Carter

Henry A. P. Carter (1837–1891), American diplomat in the Kingdom of Hawaii

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.

Howard Morland

Back in Hawaii, he surfed big waves and flew ten-passenger "Twin Beech" aircraft on all-island aerial tours.

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 R. Pillion

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

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.

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

KIPA

KHNU, a radio station (620 AM) licensed to serve Hilo, Hawaii, which held the call sign KIPA from 1947 to July 2008

KPXO-TV

Due to limited feed abilities, KPXO is not available over-the-air or on cable in many other areas of the state; as a result, the "Big Island" of Hawaii at one point received Ion and its predecessor networks via KLEI (channel 6), even though the entire state of Hawaii is a single television market.

Lomaloma

Lau Islands, Fiji By A.M Hocart, Published by the Bishop Museum, Hawaii (1929) reference to Ratu Keni Naulumatua as Rasau of Lomaloma and details on his title.

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.

My Wife's Best Friend

Virginia Mason (Anne Baxter) and George (Macdonald Carey), husband and wife from Mellford, Illinois, are passengers on an airliner for a second honeymoon in Hawaii.

Nicholas DeVore III

Physical and technical prowess proved him a go-to for arduous assignments: South Pacific canoeing with celestial navigators, Polynesian rafting from Hawaii to Tahiti, Arctic dog sledding, trekking Mt. Everest with Sir Edmund Hillary.

Norwegian Spirit

A petition recently gained victory against Norwegian Cruise Line to bring the Spirit into the Port of Los Angeles in December 2015 to sail year round cruises to Mexico, Hawaii, and the California Coast.

Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council

Its head office was at Polaris House in Swindon, Wiltshire, but it also operated three scientific sites: the UK Astronomy Technology Centre (UK ATC) in Edinburgh, the Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes (ING) in La Palma and the Joint Astronomy Centre (JAC) in Hawaii.

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.

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.

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.

Sammlung für Völkerkunde

The collection consists of approximately 17,000 items and focuses on the South Pacific with the Cook-Forster collection, containing items from Hawaii, Tahiti, Tonga, and New Zealand, and on Siberia and the polar regions with the Baron von Asch collection.

SeaPerch

Currently, 112 schools in seven states are participating across the United States in Alaska, Hawaii, Washington, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Maryland and Connecticut.

Simmone Jade Mackinnon

Mackinnon is known for her role in the Baywatch spin-off series Baywatch Hawaii, where she played the role of 'Allie Reese' opposite David Hasselhoff.

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".

Tino Ceberano

His father was a Filipino migrant who came to Hawaii as a professional boxer.

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 Drake Westervelt

He is noted as one of Hawaii's foremost authorities on island folklore in the English language.

Xenoconger fryeri

Xenoconger fryeri is an eel of the family Chlopsidae which inhabits tropical waters around Assumption Island and Aldabra in the Indian Ocean and New Caledonia, Palau, Fiji and Hawaii in the Pacific Ocean.