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An expedition led by Captain James Cook, who was killled the next year in a war between the British and the Hawaiians, reaches Hawai'i.
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Kamehameha of the island of Hawai'i unites the islands as the Kingdom of Hawai'i!
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Queen Ka'ahumanu found that the kapu system, a system that made people only believe in the Hawaiian religion and didn't let women do many things, was holding her back. She set up a banquet and broke many kapu rules, including women cooking in the imu and women eating with the king. The kapu system is successfully ended!
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King Kalakaua visits the United States, becoming the 1st ruler to do so.
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King Kalakaua orders the magnificent 'Iolani Palace to be built!
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Queen Lili'uokalani was the only queen to ever rule alone in the history of Hawai'i, but she is overthrown by a group of sugar planters who were mad that she let everyone vote instead of only them.
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When the Japenese bomb Pearl Harbor, the United States joins World War II and Hawai'i is put under martial, or military, law.
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A worst on record tsunami hit Hawai'i, sadly killing 170 people in the cities of Hilo and Laupahoehoe.
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On August 21, 1959 Hawai'i becomes the 50th and final state!
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Barack Obama is born in Honolulu, on the island of O'ahu, on August 4, 1961. He would grow up to be the president of the United States of America!
