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;# Special dates in the history of literature, newspapers and comics.
;# Today in History dates provided by Robert Heckendorn at
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00000107 "Tarzan", one of the first adventure comic strips appears. (1929)%i19290107
00000107 Buck Rogers and Tarzan first appear in comic strips (1929)%i19290107
00000109 First issue of the "Progressive" magazine (1909)%i19090109
00000110 Thomas Paine publishes "Common Sense" (1776)%i17760110
00000122 The Alta California becomes a daily paper, 1st such in Calif. (1850)%i18500122
00000213 "Prince Valiant" comic strip appears; known for historical detail and fine detail drawing. Thanks Hal (1937)%i19370213
00000213 Blondie and Dagwood get married (1933)%i19330213
00000216 Ladies Home Journal begins publication. (1883)%i18830216
00000218 Mark Twain's "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" is published (1885)%i18850218
00000302 Time magazine is first published (1923)%i19230302
00000306 "The Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society" was 1st published, and is still published today (1665)%i16650306
00000316 First Black newspaper founded (1827)%i18270316
00000409 TV Guide publishes their first issue. (1953)%i19530409
00000410 First issue of the New York Tribune. The publisher was Horace Greeley (1841)%i18410410
00000414 The first edition of Noah Webster's "American Dictionary of the English Language" was published (1828)%i18280414
00000416 The Book of the Month Club begins in the US (1926)%i19260416
00000418 the first crossword puzzle book is published (1924)%i19240418
00000424 First publication of U.S. newspaper printed on regular basis (1704)%i17040424
00000427 John Milton sells his rights to "Paradise Lost" for a total of 10 pounds (1667)%i16670427
00000505 The first issue of Soviet Communist Party paper Pravda was published (1912)%i19120505
00000509 The first newspaper cartoon appeared in America. (1754)%i17540509
00000517 the first regular comic, "Comic Cuts", is published in London (1890)%i18900517
00000529 Popeye rubs the Wiffle Hen becoming practically indestructible (1929)%i19290529
00000603 "Casey at the Bat" is 1st published (by the SF Examiner) (1888)%i18880603
00000605 "U.S. Today" (a newspaper) ran for 1st time (1981)%i19810605
00000606 George Orwell's novel "1984" is published (1949)%i19490606
00000609 The first dime novel was published -- "Malaeska: The Indian Wife of the White Hunter" (1860)%i18600609
00000613 "Pentagon Papers" (re: Vietnam); first published in New York Times. (1971)%i19710613
00000619 Garfield the cat. "Big fat hairy deal". (1978)%i19780619
00000620 Krazy Kat cartoon strip first appears (1910)%i19100620
00000629 The London Telegraph is published for the first time (1855)%i18550629
00000630 "Gone with the Wind" is published (1936)%i19360630
00000704 Thoreau moves into his shack on Walden Pond. (1845)%i18450704
00000706 Newton publishes Principia Mathematica (1687)%i16870706
00000708 Vol o in Hawaii. (1847)%i18470310
00000311 Great Mauna Loa eruption (volcano in Hawaii). (1867)%i18670311
00000325 a summit eruption on Mauna Loa was spotted at 1:25 AM. The Northeast rift zone was fountaining by 4:30 PM. During the next 21 days lava would flow almost to the city of Hilo. (1984)%i19840325
00000326 Kuhio Day in Hawaii, honoring beloved Prince Kuhio of Kauai, the last member of Hawaiian royalty to wield political power 
00000410 1st hotel in Hawaii opens. (1825)%i18250410
00000426 1st motion pictures shown in Hawaii. (1906)%i19060426
00000430 the Hawaiian YMCA organized. (1869)%i18690430
00000501 Lei Day begun (a Hawaiian celebration) (1928)%i19280501
00000513 1st foreign embassy in Hawaii is established. (1835)%i18350513
00000520 1st legislative assembly convenes in Hawaii. (1845)%i18450520
00000521 1st steamship arrives in Hawaii. (1846)%i18460521
00000601 Mauna Loa erupts from the Southwest rift 600M cubic yards of lava over 23 days (1950)%i19500601
00000607 the Hawaiian Declaration of Rights is signed. (1839)%i18390607
00000614 Hawaiian Territorial Government begins. (1900)%i19000614
00000618 Macademia nuts 1st planted in Hawaii. (1892)%i18920618
00000621 Hawaiian Red Cross founded. (1917)%i19170621
00000624 1st coffee planted in Hawaii, on the Kona coast. (1817)%i18170624
00000701 Haleakala National Park established in Hawaii. (1961)%i19610701
00000704 Pacific Cable (San Francisco, Hawaii, Guam, Phillipines) opens. President Roosevelt sends a message to the Phillipines,then a message around the world in 12 minutes (1903)%i19030704
00000707 Hawaii annexed to the US. (1898)%i18980707
00000717 1st railroad opens in Hawaii. (1879)%i18790717
00000720 1st telephone introduced in Hawaii. (1878)%i18780720
00000720 Kilauea begins a long eruption that as of May 1990 had not stopped. In the process over 650M cubic yards of lava will be released. (1986)%i19860720
00000723 first telephone and telegraph line in Hawaii is completed. (1877)%i18770723
00000726 1st sugar cane plantation started in Hawaii. (1835)%i18350726
00000729 first sugar plantation in Hawaii begun. (1835)%i18350729
00000801 Hawaii National Park established. (1916)%i19160801
00000807 Potatoes first planted in Hawaii. (1820)%i18200807
00000809 1st horses arrive in Hawaii. (1803)%i18030809
00000813 Reciprocity Treaty between US and Hawaii ratified. (1876)%i18760813
00000817 1st bank in Hawaii opens. (1858)%i18580817
00000821 Hawaii became the 50th state. (1959)%i19590821
00000830 Honolulu, Hawaii becomes a city. (1850)%i18500830
00000902 gas lighting introduced to Hawaii. (1859)%i18590902
00000910 1st theater opens in Hawaii. (1847)%i18470910
00000917 1st whaling ship arrives in Hawaii. (1819)%i18190917
00001001 1st Hawaiian stamps issued. (1851)%i18511001
00001008 1st Hawaiian constitution proclaimed. (1840)%i18401008
00001019 1st flour mill in Hawaii begins operations. (1853)%i18531019
00001027 1st Pali Road completed in Hawaii (the Pali is a cliff where the winds are so strong streams flow UP) (1896)%i18961027
00001029 first election of the Hawaiian Republic. (1894)%i18941029
00001101 1st Aloha Week Parade held in Hawaii. (1947)%i19471101
00001106 1st fire engine arrives in Hawaii. (1850)%i18501106
00001113 first shipment of canned pineapple from Hawaii. (1895)%i18951113
00001114 Kilauea's most spectacular eruption (in Hawaii). (1959)%i19591114
00001118 Oahu Railway begins public service in Hawaii. (1889)%i18891118
00001126 Hawaiian Sugar Planters Association formed. (1895)%i18951126
00001129 US receives rights to Pearl Harbor, on Oahu, Hawaii. (1887)%i18871129
00001217 first Hawaiian cavalry organized. (1852)%i18521217
00001219 Bishop Museum founded in Hawaii. (1889)%i18891219
00001220 Hawaiian post office established. (1850)%i18501220
00001222 Hawaiian Post Office established. (1850)%i18501222
00001227 Hawaiian Fire Department established. (1850)%i18501227
00001228 Trans-Pacific cable links Hawaii to US. (1902)%i19021228
00001230 first coffee planted in Hawaii. (1817)%i1817