HISTORY – SIGNIFICANT EVENTS OF POLYNESIA
This is for reference only. Because of the electronic age of information and misinformation, dates need verification.
While we do our very best to be accurate, some events happen over the course of days, weeks, or even years.
3000 BC – 1000 AD/CE – Polynesian peoples and cultures start to migrate and emerge, little is known of these people before this date.
July 7, 1893 – Hawaii annexed by a United States coup, US President Grover Cleveland publicly calls the coup and annexation of Hawaii “wrong and a disgrace”. US President Bill Clinton apologizes for it 100 years later.
December 7, 1941 – Japan bombs Pearl Harbor, Hawaii via air assault, launching a war with the USA.
August 6, 1945 – USA Drops nuclear bombs on Nagasaki & Hiroshima Japan bringing World War II to a close after its surrender
1946 – USA Tests nuclear bombs at the Bikini Atoll
August 21, 1959 – Hawaii becomes part of the USA as the 50th state.
November 23, 1993 – US President Bill Clinton publicly acknowledges and apologizes for the annexation of Hawaii
December 25, 2004 – A Tsunami kills approximately 250,000 people across 3 continents.