1. In 1881, the Honolulu Symphony Society was founded. It is Hawaii's oldest performing arts organization and became the Hawaii Symphony Orchestra in 2011.

2. In 1926, pilot Alice H. Kok was born in Honolulu. She became the first Asian-American woman to earn a commercial pilot's license in the United States and also helped establish the Aloha Airlines in 1946.

3. In 1942, during World War II, Japanese internment began in Hawaii. Over 2,000 Japanese-American residents of the islands were arrested and sent to mainland internment camps.

4. In 1968, the first Polynesian Voyaging Society canoe, the Hōkūleʻa, was launched in Honolulu. It was built to replicate ancient Polynesian voyaging canoes and has traveled around the world using traditional navigation techniques.

5. In 2014, the first same-sex couples were married in Hawaii. Following a court ruling earlier that year, same-sex marriage became legal in the state on December 2, 2013.