1. In 1886, King Kalakaua officially opened the Kapiolani Park in Honolulu, which remains one of the city's most popular public spaces to this day.

2. On September 4, 1934, the United States Navy commissioned the USS Cummings, a destroyer named after Admiral Thomas Tingey Craven Cummings, who served in the Spanish-American War and World War I.

3. In 1959, September 4 marked the day that the territory of Hawaii submitted its application to become the 50th state of the United States.

4. The Aloha Tower, a famous landmark in Honolulu that was once the tallest building in Hawaii, was officially dedicated on September 4, 1926.

5. On September 4, 1976, Hurricane Madeline made landfall on the Big Island of Hawaii, causing significant damage and power outages. Despite the destruction, no fatalities were reported.