What are some major events that occured in Hawaii from 1900 to 1950?

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   Sean F on July 26, 2013 at 7:03 pm

   1900 a fire intended to rid Chinatown of the bubonic plague flames out of control and destroys 38 acres of buildings.
   1904 County government is is formally inaugurated in the six counties of Hawai‘i.
   1905 The Board of Archives of the Territory of Hawai‘i is formed.
   1906 A roller skating rink opens at the corner of Queen and Fort streets.
   1907 Mauna Loa erupts sending lava toward Kona.
   1908 The cornerstone for McKinley High School is laid.
   1909 Municipal government of the City and County of Honolulu is inaugurated with J. J. Fern as its first mayor.
   1910 The Orpheum Theater, which pioneered popular-priced theatricals in Honolulu, is destroyed by fire.
   1911 The first Chinese public school in Hawai‘i, the Mun Lun School, opens in Honolulu February.
   1912 Duke Kahanamoku wins a gold medal in the 100-meter swim at the Olympic Games in Stockholm, Sweden.
   1913 The Library of Hawai‘i, the first public library in Hawai‘i, opens in downtown Honolulu February 1915 The U.S. submarine Skate, with twenty-one crew members on board, explodes and sinks a mile off Honolulu.
   1916 Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park is signed into existence.
   1917 Former Queen Lili‘uokalani dies.
   1918 Major Harold M. Clark of the Fort Kamehameha Aero Squadron makes the first interisland flight.
   1919 The Pearl Harbor drydock is formally dedicated by U.S. Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels on August 21.
   1920 The Prince of Wales, traveling on the battle cruiser Renown, visits Honolulu for a day
   1922 Prince Jonah Kuhio Kalaniana‘ole, last titular prince of the monarchy and a delegate to the 1923 Hawaii’s legislature passes a "Bill of Rights" addressed to the U.S. Congress.
   1924 The U.S. Congress passes Hawaii’s "Bill of Rights."
   1926 Two Army amphibious airplanes make the first complete interislandflight and set a flight record.
   1927 The Royal Hawaiian Hotel opens
   1928 The first chain grocery store in Hawai‘i, Oakland-based Piggly Wiggly.
   1929 The new Pawaa Theater opens January 5 at the corner of King and Punahou streets with a showing of "Telling the World."
   1930 The first interisland telephone call is placed between Hilo and Honolulu February 10.
   1931 The new Kapi‘olani Boulevard from Ward to Sheridan is opened to traffic March 7.
   1932 Princess Elizabeth Kalaniana’ole dies February 19 at the age of sixty-three.
   1934 Hawai‘i’s first recorded bank robbery takes place.
   1935 The Haleakala Highway is dedicated and opened to the public February 23.
   1936 The first traffic light in Honolulu, an overhead signal, is installed.
   1937 The Kodak Hula Show offically begins March 7.
   1938 Eighteen U.S. Navy bombers land at Pearl Harbor..
   1940 Historic Volcano House, overlooking Kilauea Crater, is destroyed by fire on February 6.
   1941 Japanese planes attack the U.S. Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor.
   1942 The goverment begins issuing gas masks to civilians in Hawai’i January 21.
   1943 Restoration Day is declared.
   1944 Two Army B-25s collide over Kalihi June 8, killing eleven civilians and four soldiers.
   1945 Princess David Kawananakoa (Abigail Campbell Kawananakoa) dies at the age of sixty-three.
   1946 Following an underwater earthquake in the Aleutian Islands, three tsunamis hit.
   1948 Walter Frear, former governor of Hawai’i dies.
   1949 Jack Hall leads a six-month strike by the International Longshoreman’s and Warehouseman’s