Sept. 4

The Salvation Army was headed to Hawai’i, the Sept. 4, 1894, Pacific Commercial Advertiser reported.

1880: High Chiefess Fanny Kekuiapoiwa Kekelaokalani Young, mother of Queen Emma, died. She was 76.

1889: Oahu Railway and Land Co.’s first train, a Baldwin locomotive and two excursion cars, makes its first run.

1978: Fifty-one Hawaiian protesters are arrested and charged with entering a restricted area during a demonstration in which they pushed their way onto the Hilo Airport runway after a series of confrontations with National Guard troops and Big Island police. The airport was closed for about 40 minutes. The protesters accused the state of taking 92 acres of Hawaiian Homestead land for the Hilo Airport runway and terminal.

1988: Hurricane Uleki does not hit Hawai’i, but three people drown in surf churned up by the storm.

Sept. 3

The Sept. 3, 1886, Pacific Commercial Advertiser reported on celebrations for Princess Lili’uokalani’s 48th birthday the previous day.

1883: St. Louis College (now Saint Louis School) was established.

1945: An estimated 200,000 people watched Honolulu’s VJ-Labor Day parade.

1951: The Kailua approach road to Nu’uanu Pali was opened with officials saying it was the beginning of Windward O’ahu development.

1983: Del Monte ended its pineapple canning operation in Hawai’i, which meantthe eventual loss of about 3,000 acres of pineapple land on Moloka’i.

Sept. 2

William F. Quinn was sworn in as the 12th territorial governor of Hawai’ai on Sept. 2, 1957.

1945: Two Japanese officials signed surrender documents aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, ending World War II.

1949: The National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific at Punchbowl was formally dedicated in a 33-minute ceremony attended by 10,000 people.

1949: Kaua’i’s new airport in Lihu’e opened.

1980: Members of the Hawaii Carpenters Union went on strike, halting several major construction projects, including the new Honolulu District Court building and the expansion of Mililani town.

1992: Gannett Co., the nation’s largest newspaper company, agreed to buy The Advertiser, Hawaii’s oldest and largest newspaper, from Hawai’i-based Persis Corp. At the same time, Gannett announced plans to sell the Honolulu Star-Bulletin.

2005: U.S. District Judge David Ezra ordered Hui Malama I Na Kupuna ‘O Hawai’i Nei to return to the Bishop Museum 83 lots of sacred burial objects that the group said it had placed in a sealed Big Island cave.

Sept. 1

Paul Isenberg advertised his Wai’alae horse ranch in the Sept. 1, 1890, Pacific Commercial Advertiser.
1946: More than 28,000 sugar workers went on strike.

2002: U.S. Rep. Patsy Mink was hospitalized with complications from chicken pox and pneumonia.

2003: Rescuers pulled 361 swimmers from treacherous waters during the 34th annual Waikiki Roughwater Swim.

2005: Hawai’i’s gasoline price cap law went into effect.

Aug. 31

A.S. Cleghorn & Co. advertised new merchandise in an ad on Aug. 31, 1872.

1956: The Hawaii Aeronautics Commission approved the master plan for a $12 million conversion of Honolulu Airport into a jet-age facility.

1960: President Eisenhower signed legislation appropriating $10 million to begin work on the East-West Center.

1986: Coco’s Restaurant closed after 26 years of serving up pancakes, chop steak, Swanky Franky hot dogs and Coco Melts.

1995: President Clinton arrived in Hawai’i for ceremonies marking the 50th anniversary of the end of World War II.

1998: The Dow Jones Industrial average dropped 512.61 points, the worst decline since the Oct. 27, 1997, 554-point drop.