;USA-Hawaii HI
;State of Hawai'i - Moku'aina o Hawai'i
;capital: Honolulu
;Time zone: Hawaii: UTC-10 (no daylight saving time)

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TYP=Holy
Es-2Dy =Good Friday
26.3.>1948 =#1948th Prince Jonah Kūhiō Kalaniana'ole Day (Regatta Day) ;Note=1st 1949 (legislature of the Territory of Hawaii), 1871 birthd. {d}
11.6.  =#1871th King Kamehameha I Day                     ;Note=1st 1872, Unification of the Hawaii by Kamehameha I {d}
04.7.  =Flag Day*                                         ;Note=1960 addition 50th star to the flag
01.8.+3Fr>1958 =Admission/Statehood Day, proclaimed Flag Flying Day ;Note=Aug. 21, 1959, observed 3rd Friday August {m}
01.10.+2Mo =Discoverer's Day*                             ;Note=2nd Monday October, replaces Columbus Day on Hawai'i {m}

TYP=Local
15.4.  =Father Damien De Veuster Day ;Note={d}

TYP=Normal

;yearly days - observances

Es-7Tu =Malasada Day* ;Note=Shrove Tuesday {e}

24.1.  =Feast of Our Lady of Peace (Catholic Church)* ;Note=Hawaii & some US churches, elsewhere July 9 {d}
30.1.>2013 =#2013th Fred Korematsu Day* ;Note=1st 2014, SB856 HD1, 2013-06-13 - Act 094, 6/7/2013 (Gov. Msg. No. 1194) {n}
21.3.  =Baha'i New Year Day*
01.4.+1Su =Wesak Flower Festival* ;Note=1st Sunday April, celebrates Buddha's birthday
08.4.  =Buddha Day*
15.4.  =Father Damien De Veuster Day
19.4.  =David Malo Day*           ;Note={d}
01.5.>1927 =Lei Day (since 1928, #1928 years ago)* ;Note=1st 1928 Honolulu, 1929 off. holiday {d}
01.6.+1We =Ocean Day*             ;Note=1st Wednesday June
31.7.>1989 =#1989th Ka Hae Hawai'i/Hawai'ian Flag Day* ;Note=1st 1990 {d}
31.7.  =Lā Ho'iho'i Ea/Sovereignty Restoration Day
01.8.+2Mo =V.J. Day/Victory Day  ;Note=second Monday in August {m}
15.8.  =Hawai'i, Toro Nagashi (Floating Lanterns Ceremony) ;Note=commemorate the end of the second world war {d}
21.8.>1958 =Hawai'i Admission Day, proclaimed Flag Flying Day ;Note=1959, observed 3rd Friday August {d}
01.10.+1Su =Children & Youth Day* ;Note=1st Sunday October
01.10.+3Su =Respect for Our Elders Day* ;Note=3rd Sunday October
01.11.+1Fr =Hawai'i Arbor Day*    ;Note=1st Friday November {m}
16.11. ='Iolani Palace, ceremony birthd. King Kalākaua ;Note={d}
28.11. =Episcopal Diocese of Hawai'i, Feast of the Holy Sovereigns ;Note=celebrates founders Anglican Church of Hawai'i {d}
08.12. =Bodhi Day*
;19.12. =Princess Bernice Pauahi Bishop's birthday anniversary
28.12. ='Iolani Palace, ceremony birthd. Queen Kapi'olani ;Note={d}


;(remembrance) dates by year

;1555, Juan de Gaitán is said to have arrived to Hawaii
18.1.  =Captain James Cook discovers the Sandwich Islands #1778 years ago ;Note=1778, >Hawaiian Islands {d}
;1794, Captain William Brown of Great Britain was the first foreigner to sail into what is now Honolulu Harbor
01.5.  =establishment Kingdom of Hawai'i #1795 years ago* ;Note=1795, Battle of Nu'uanu, King Kamehameha I, conquest Maui, Moloka'i & Lāna'i, invasion O'ahu, 1810 Kaua'i & Ni'ihau joined {d}
17.7.  =King Kamehameha III signed Edict of Toleration #1839 years ago* ;Note=1839, Catholic worship be declared free {d}
08.10. =Hawai'i >constitutional monarchy #1840 years ago* ;Note=1840, 1st constitution enacted, King Kamehameha III, >Jan. 17, 1893 {d}
19.12. =American President secured assurance of Hawaiian independence #1842 years ago* ;Note=1842, President John Tyler {d}
25.2.  =Provisional Cession Hawaiian/Sandwich Islands >United Kingdom #1843 years ago* ;Note=1843, King Kamehameha III agreed to cede the Hawaiian Islands to Lord George Paulet, >July 31, 1843 {d}
17.3.  =French King recognized Hawaiian independence #1843 years ago* ;Note=1843, formal Nov. 28, 1843, Louis-Philippe at the urging of King Leopold I of Belgium {d}
01.4.  =British Queen recognized Hawaiian independence #1843 years ago* ;Note=1843, formal Nov. 28, 1843, Lord Aberdeen on behalf of Queen Victoria {d}
31.7.  =end provisional Cession Hawaiian/Sandwich Islands #1843 years ago* ;Note=1843, United Kingdom since 25.2.1843 {d}
28.11. =British & French Governments formally recognized Hawaiian independence #1843 years ago** ;Note=1843, Court of London, signed by King Louis-Phillipe & Queen Victoria {d}
25.8.  =French troops captured Honolulu Fort #1849 years ago* ;Note=1849, admiral Louis Tromelin, >Sept. 5, 1949 {d}
05.9.  =French troops left Hawai'i #1849 years ago* ;Note=1849, admiral Louis Tromelin, arrived Aug. 25, 1849 {d}
24.8.  =Treaty perpetual peace & amity US/Hawaiian Islands in force #1850 years ago* ;Note=1850, ratifications exchanged at Honolulu {d}
21.12. =Honolulu Post Office opened #1850 years ago* ;Note=1850, 1st stamps Oct. 10, 1851 {d}
01.10. =1st Hawaiian stamps issued #1851 years ago* ;Note=1851, Hawaiian Missionaries, open. Honolulu Post Office Dec. 21, 1850 {d}
31.12. =Cornerstone laid for Honolulu's Iolani Palace #1879 years ago* ;Note=1879, only royal palace in US {d}
17.1.  =Hawai'i, monarch deposed, Provisional Government proclaimed #1893 years ago* ;Note=1893, >July 4, 1894, Queen Lili'uokalani form. abdicates Jan. 24, 1895 {d}
04.7.  =Republic of Hawai'i proclaimed #1894 years ago ;Note=1894, president Sanford B. Dole {d}
24.1.  =Off. end Kingdom Hawai'i, Queen Lili'uokalani form. abdicates #1895 years ago* ;Note=1895 {d}
07.7.  =Republic of Hawai'i formally annexed >United States #1898 years ago* ;Note=1898, Newlands Resolution signed, President William McKinley {d}
12.8.  =Honolulu, formal ceremony transfer Hawaiian sovereignty >US #1898 years ago* ;Note=1898, 'Iolani Palace {d}
30.4.  =Hawai'i Territory off. formed #1900 years ago* ;Note=1900, Hawaiian Organic Act, in effect June 14, 1900 {d}
14.6.  =Hawai'i Territory off. in effect #1900 years ago* ;Note=1900, Hawaiian Organic Act (April 30, 1900) {d}
01.8.  =Resolution creating Hawaii National Park #1916 years ago* ;Note=1916, House Resolution 9525 signed by Woodrow Wilson, >Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park {d}
18.3.  =Hawai'i Enabling Act #1959 years ago* ;Note=1959, set certain conditions for the Admission of Hawai'i into the Union {d}
27.6.  =Hawai'i voters approved admission to the US Union #1959 years ago* ;Note=1959, adm. Aug. 21, 1959 {d}
21.8.  =Hawai'i off. admitted to the Union #1959 years ago (50th state) ;Note=1959, Proclamation by President Dwight D. Eisenhower {d}
04.7.  =50th (Hawai'i's) star off. added to US-Flag #1960 years ago* ;Note=1960, President Dwight D. Eisenhower executive order Aug. 21, 1959 {d}
29.12. ='Iolani Palace >National Historic Landmark #1962 years ago* ;Note=1962 {d}
23.11. =US Apology Resolution #1993 years ago* ;Note=1993, US Public Law 103-150, President Bill Clinton {d}


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;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_of_the_United_States
;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawaii
;State Names, Seals, Flags, and Symbols - ISBN 0-313-31534-5, page 161-162