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Three people are killed in a helicopter crash at Kalalau Beach on Kauaʻi, Hawaii, United States.
2026-03-27

Parts of western and upcountry Maui island in Hawaii, United States, are evacuated as wildfires fueled by Hurricane Dora causes power outages and disruption to emergency services in western Maui and other parts of Hawaii including Oahu and the Big Island, with at least six people being killed.
2023-08-9

The U.S. House of Representatives passes the Respect for Marriage Act, which enshrines same-sex marriage and interracial marriage into federal law, in a 258–169–1 vote.
2022-12-8

Hawaii reports a record 1,167 cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours.
2021-08-13

Hawaii reports 42 cases, the lowest in the state since July 24.
2020-10-12

Hawaii cancels a grant funding the island government's purchase of a recreational land parcel that is now covered by fresh lava.
2018-07-24

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe makes a landmark visit to Naval Station Pearl Harbor in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, offering "sincere and everlasting condolences" to the victims of the attack on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese empire on December 7, 1941.
2016-12-27

Donald Trump wins both the Michigan and Mississippi Republican primaries and the Hawaii caucus.
2016-03-8

Hawaii's Democratic Governor Neil Abercrombie appoints Lieutenant Governor Brian Schatz (a former state legislator and nonprofit group executive) to fill the term of the recently-deceased longtime Democratic U.S. Senator Daniel Inouye until 2014, when a special election will be called to fill the slot until 2016. His was one of three names known to have been submitted by the state party's central committee, along with an unnamed person and U.S. Democrat Colleen Hanabusa, whom Inouye had stated as his preferred successor hours before his death.
2012-12-26

United States President Barack Obama officially states that he supports the right for same-sex partners to marry.
2012-05-9