Historical place archive

Honolulu in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Honolulu in United States of America. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

9 records6 event labels6 people1941–1965

Historical events in Honolulu

1941

6 December 1941
Bombing of Pearl Harbour
Dorothy Edgen · World War, 2nd

A Navy Intelligence employee says Honolulu is a target

1961

1961
Birth of Barack Hussein Obama
Barack Hussein Obama · Democratic Party

Born at the Kapiolani Medical Center for Women & Children in Honolulu, Hawaii, to Barack Hussein Obama, Sr., a Luo from Nyangoma Kogelo, Nyanza Province, Kenya, & Ann Dunham, a white American from Wichita, Kansas[ of English and Irish descent

1963

20 November 1963
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
Lyndon Baines Johnson · Vietnam War, 2nd

Approves action against North Vietnam by CIA supported South Vietnamese forces

20 November 1963
Plan 34A
Lyndon Baines Johnson · Vietnam War, 2nd

Operation Plan 34A is announced at the Honolulu Conference. Approves action against North Vietnam by CIA supported South Vietnamese forces

1965

20 April 1965
Bombing of Vietnam
Robert McNamara · Vietnam War, 2nd

McNamara & Westmorland agree to use B52s for conventional bombing in South Vietnam

20 April 1965
Bombing of Vietnam
William Westmoreland · Vietnam War, 2nd

McNamara & Westmorland agree to use B52s for conventional bombing in South Vietnam

20 April 1965
Mobilization
Lyndon Baines Johnson · Vietnam War, 2nd

McNamara, Westmoreland, Wheeler, William Bundy & Ambassador Taylor recommend to the President sending another 40,000 combat soldiers

20 April 1965
Mobilization
William Bundy · Vietnam War, 2nd

McNamara, Westmoreland, Wheeler, William Bundy & Ambassador Taylor recommend to the President sending another 40,000 combat soldiers

20 April 1965
Mobilization
William Westmoreland · Vietnam War, 2nd

McNamara, Westmoreland, Wheeler, William Bundy & Ambassador Taylor recommend to the President sending another 40,000 combat soldiers

Provenance

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These entries are generated from stored World History Database records whose country and place fields match United States of America and Honolulu. Names, dates, event labels and descriptions are reviewed and normalised as the database develops. Historical place names may not match modern administrative boundaries.

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