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51 unusual facts about Hawaii


2007 Ironman World Championship

The 2007 Ford Ironman World Championship was a triathlon race held on October 13, 2007 in Kailua, Hawaii County, Hawaii.

2013 Pacific hurricane season

More than 9,000 residences were without electricity across the state, with most outages concentrated in Kihei, Maui, and Puna.

Asian Americans in California

California has the largest Asian American population in the U.S., and second highest proportion of Asian American residents, after Hawaii.

Bob Hogue

The novel is historical fiction, mystery, and romance set in Kailua, Oahu around the time of the Attack on Pearl Harbor.

Brigham Young University–Hawaii

Early forms of the BYU Honor Code are found as far back as the days of the Brigham Young Academy and educator Karl G. Maeser.

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.

Ed Francis

Francis raised his children on the windward side of Kailua, Oahu.

Eddie Aikau

Edward Ryon Makuahanai Aikau (Kahului, Hawaii, May 4, 1946–March 17, 1978) was a well-known Hawaiian lifeguard and surfer.

Eddie Kamae

Eddie Leilani Kamae was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, and raised both there and in Lahaina, Maui.

Elmer Cravalho

In the 1970s, he was responsible for developing the waterline from Wailuku to Wailea, which enabled the development of Kihei.

Flora Benson

As part of her mission, she taught in the LDS Church-run elementary school in Laie, Hawaii.

Francis A. Marzen

Marzen was the founding pastor of Our Lady of Good Counsel Church and School in Pearl City as well as Saints Peter and Paul Church in the Kapi`olani Business District of Honolulu.

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.

Hawaii, Oslo

Its stars Trond Espen Seim, Aksel Hennie, Jan Gunnar Røise and Petronella Barker.

Hawaii's congressional districts

Republican Charles Djou won a special election on May 22, 2010 against Democrats Colleen Hanabusa and Ed Case to become the first Republican in over 20 years to represent the 1st district and to represent President Obama's home district.

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.

Hurricane Fefa

A man in Hilo was burnt when lightning moved through telephone wires.

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.

Irie Love

Irie Love (her birth-given name) (born on July 7, 1982 in Kailua, Honolulu County, Hawaii) is a Hawaiian R&B Reggae singer and songwriter.

JJ McKay

JJ McKay was born in Kaneohe, Hawaii to a Marine Officer father and mother from an old small town southern family.

John R. Pillion

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

KAUI

KAUI-LP, a low-power television station (channel 51) licensed to Wailuku, Hawaii, United States

KCOF

KCOF-LP, a low-power radio station (102.5 FM) licensed to Captain Cook, 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.

Lolohea Mahe

On January 27, 2010, Mahe was arrested in Lahaina, Hawaii after a fight broke out between him and a group of men in the Lahaina Cannery Mall parking lot at 1:25 am.

Louis Pohl

The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, the Hawaii State Art Museum, the Honolulu Museum of Art, and the Isaacs Art Center (Waimea, Hawaii), are among the public collections holding works by Pohl.

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.

National Register of Historic Places listings in Maui County, Hawaii

Several islands are present in Maui County, Hawaii.

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.

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.

Proteinoid

Fox later found proteinoids similar to those he had created in his laboratory in lava and cinders from Hawaiian volcanic vents and determined that the amino acids present polymerized due to the heat of escaping gases and lava.

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.

Richard H. Jackson

In retirement, Jackson resided in Pearl City, Hawaii, where, on December 7, 1941, he observed the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor from his front doorstep.

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.

Spotswood College

In 2009, 22 students from Spotswood College's kapa haka group Te Kura Tuarua O Ngamotu were chosen to represent New Zealand at the tenth annual Te Manahua Maori cultural competition in Laie, Hawaii.

Telstra Endeavour

Telstra announced that the cable would connect Sydney, Australia and Hawaii with a 9,000 km link, the largest ever built and owned by an Australian company, providing a transmission capacity of 1.28 terabit/s to Hawaii.

The Variable

The hundredth episode milestone was celebrated by cast and crew on location in Hawaii.

Third voyage of James Cook

In passing and after initial landfall at Waimea harbour, Kauai, Cook named the archipelago the "Sandwich Islands" after the fourth Earl of Sandwich—the acting First Lord of the Admiralty.

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.

Travels with Scout

In its original American broadcast, "Travels with Scout" was viewed by an estimated 10.008 million households and received an 18–49 demographic of 4.2 and a share of 11% making it the second highest rated episode of the series after "Hawaii" and tying with "Pilot", "Fifteen Percent" and "My Funky Valentine".

Waikoloa Championships

The Waikoloa Championships was a WTA Tour tournament held in 2001 and 2002 in Waikoloa Village, Hawaiʻi.

Whitney Anderson

Whitney Anderson's first stint in public office came in 1978, when he won a State House seat representing Kailua.

Zach Scott

Zacharias "Zach" Scott (born July 2, 1980 in Haiku-Pauwela, Hawaii) is an American soccer player who currently plays for Seattle Sounders FC in Major League Soccer.


1989 in the Philippines

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

2010 TK7

The orbital information was published in the journal Nature by Paul Wiegert of the University of Western Ontario, Martin Connors of Athabasca University and Christian Veillet, the executive director of the Canada–France–Hawaii Telescope.

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.

Aeolis Mons

Compared to the Andes, Aeolis Mons would rank outside the hundred tallest peaks, being roughly the same height as Argentina's Cerro Pajonal; the peak is higher than any above sea level in Oceania above sea level, but base-to peak it is considerably shorter than Hawaii's Mauna Kea and its neighbors.

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.

Allen Hutchinson

In 1888, he moved to Hawaii, where he modeled busts of King Kalākaua, Robert Louis Stevenson, and president of the Republic of Hawaii Sanford B. Dole.

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.

Charles A. Lockwood

He oversaw the moving forward of the Pacific Fleet submarine bases from Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and Australia to places like Saipan - where a submarine tender was stationed for a period of time - Guam, the Admiralty Islands, and Subic Bay, the Philippines.

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.

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.

Discovery Kids

The show is similar in nature to Survivor, whereby teams compete in exotic locales (such as Hawaii and Tehachapi).

Emma Wo

On August 16, 2008, Wo represented Hawaii in the Miss Teen USA 2008 pageant held in Atlantis Paradise Island, Nassau, Bahamas, the first Miss Teen USA pageant held outside the United States.

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.

Hawaii v. Office of Hawaiian Affairs

In 1893, a "Committee of Safety," in co-operation with United States minister to Hawaii John L. Stevens, overthrew the Kingdom of Hawaii and established a provisional government.

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

Henry Opukahaia

Samuel B. Ruggles, one of the First Company of missionaries to Hawaii and a fellow student of `Ōpūkaha`ia at Cornwall, mentions in an 1819 letter that his own grammar (which does survive) was ‘much assisted by one which `Ōpūkaha`ia attempted to form’.

Honolulu Courthouse Riot

The Honolulu Courthouse Riot, or the Election Riot, occurred in February 1874 when Hawaiian followers of Queen Emma, known as Emmaites, attacked supporters of King Kalakaua on the latter's election day and started a riot.

Howard Morland

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

Huc-Mazelet Luquiens

The Bishop Museum (Honolulu, Hawaii), the Butler Institute of American Art (Youngstown, Ohio), the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, the Hawaii State Art Museum, the Honolulu Museum of Art, the Isaacs Art Center (Waimea, Hawaii), the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art (Kansas City, Missouri), the Hilo Art Museum (Hilo, Hawaii), the Isaacs Art Center (Waimea, Hawaii), and the Yale University Art Gallery are among the public collections holding prints by Huc-Mazelet Luquiens.

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.

Irina Konstantinovna Feodorova

As part of the Russian world expedition, A. J. Krusenstern in the "Nadeshda" and J. F. Lisjansky in the "Neva" sailed to the islands of East Polynesia, including Easter Island, Marquesas and Hawaii.

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 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

Mari Yoriko Sabusawa

Mari was the encouragement and helped in the research of some of Michener's novels, such as, The Bridge at Andau, Hawaii, and The Source.

Merchant Street Historic District

Designed by Oliver G. Traphagen, newly arrived from Duluth, Minnesota, it boasted Hawaii's first passenger elevator when it opened in 1898.

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.

National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day

On Sunday morning, December 7, 1941 America's naval base in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii was attacked by aircraft and submarines of the Imperial Japanese Navy.

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 Kaiwi

Kaiwi attended School of the Prophets bible school in Copperas Cove, Texas, then received his Bachelors degree in Biology from the University of Hawaii at Manoa in 1997.

Roger H. Chen

Since 1988, 99 Ranch Market chains have opened across the United States with stores located in areas such as San Gabriel, Hawaii, Las Vegas, Nevada, Seattle, Washington, and Phoenix, Arizona.

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.

Samuel King

Samuel Pailthorpe King (1916–2010), American lawyer and judge on the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii

San Diego Bay

Later it served as base headquarters of major ships of the United States Navy in the Pacific until just before the United States entered World War II, when the newly organized United States Pacific Fleet primary base was transferred to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

SeaPerch

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

Sheila Sondergard

Sheila Sondergard (born April 24, 1980) is a singer-songwriter, born in Seoul, South Korea and raised in Maui, Hawaii, the Black Hills of South Dakota, and Central America.

Sherwood Hu

Lani Loa - The Passage was a Hawaiian ghost story/cop movie/spiritual love story, shot in Shanghai and Hawaii, and starred Angus Macfadyen, Ray Bumatai and Chris Tashima.

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.

Somerville, Tennessee

Ingram Stainback (1883-1961) - Territorial governor of Hawaii born in Somerville.

Stegastes fasciolatus

Its range extends from East Africa to Australia and the Kermadec Islands including Hawaii, Easter Island and the Ryukyu Islands.

Tevita Finau

Born in Hamilton, New Zealand, to Tolu and Takinima Finau, he lived in Maui until he was eight, in Tonga from years 8 to 12, and in Hawaii until he finished high school.