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  1. 1926
    Funding to improve newborn survival reaches Hawai‘i
    ... and Infancy Act to include the Territory of Hawai‘i. The federal government provides matching funds to programs ...
  2. 1959
    Hawai‘i becomes a state; Native Hawaiian program funded
    Hawai‘i becomes the 50th of the United States. By the terms of the federal Hawaiian Admission Act, the state of Hawai‘i assumes trust responsibility for Native Hawaiians. The Act ...
  3. 1898
    U.S. annexes Hawai‘i; seizes land; suppresses healers
    The U.S. annexes Hawai‘i and seizes royal and government lands. Launching aggressive assimilation policies, the U.S. outlaws traditional healers known as kahuna . Punishments ...
  4. 1976
    Dr. Noa Emmett Aluli among Hawai‘i’s ‘Kaho‘olawe Nine’
    ... in the first class of the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa John A. Burns School of Medicine. ... Hawai‘i
  5. 1875
    Sugar industry booms; resources abused
    Hawai‘i’s sugar industry booms and becomes incredibly profitable after the Kingdom of Hawai‘i enters into ...
  6. 1850
    Hawai‘i-U.S. treaty ratified
    Hawai‘i
  7. 1890
    Businessmen plan for annexation
    ... To ensure their continued profits, sugar businessmen in Hawai‘i begin planning for U.S. annexation of the ...
  8. 1946
    Deadly tsunami leads to establishment of warning center
    ... Hawaiian Islands. At Hilo on the Island of Hawai‘i, it kills more than 100 people and causes $ ... Pacific Tsunami Warning Center, Ewa Beach, Hawai‘i
  9. 1900
    Native Hawaiians oppose U.S. annexation
    ... and President William McKinley signs it into law. Hawai‘i becomes a territory of the U.S., with ... Hawai‘i
  10. 1921
    Congress sets aside land for Native Hawaiian homesteading
    ... Native Hawaiians living on the Big Island of Hawai‘i concerning the taking of their land by agricultural ...
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