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8.Since 1868, when the Commander of the Pacific Fleet visited the islands to
look after "American interests," naval officers have played an important
role in internal affairs. They served as arbitrators in business disputes,
negotiators of trade agreements and defenders of law and order. Periodic
voyages among the islands and to the mainland aboard U.S. warships were
arranged for members of the Royal family and important island government
officials. When King Lunalilo died in 1873, negotiations were underway for
the cessation of Pearl Harbor as a port for the exportation of sugar to
the U.S. duty-free. With the election of a new king, King Kalakaua in
March, 1874, anti-American factions helped to precipitate a number of
riots which were regarded as sufficiently disturbing to have bluejackets
landed from the USS Tuscorora and the USS Portsmouth. The British warship,
HMS Tenedos, also landed a token force. It was during the reign of King
Kalakaua that the United States was granted exclusive rights to enter
Pearl Harbor and to establish "a coaling and repair station."

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In 1908 the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard was established. The period from
1908 to 1919 was one of steady and continuous growth of the Naval Station,
Pearl Harbor, with the exception of the discouraging collapse of the
drydock in 1913. Work on the dock started on September 21, 1909 and on
February 17, 1913, the entire drydock structure rumbled, rocked, and caved
in. It was ceremonially opened to flooding by Mrs. Josephus Daniels, wife
of the Secretary of the Navy, on 21 August 1919. The Act of 13 May 1908
authorized the enlargement and dredging of the Pearl Harbor channel and
lochs "to admit the largest ships," the building of shops and supply houses
for the Navy Yard, and the construction of a drydock. Work progressed
satisfactorily on all projects, except the drydock. After much wrangling
with Congress to secure an appropriation of over three million dollars for
its construction, it was wrecked by "underground pressure. " In 1917, Ford
Island in the middle of Pearl Harbor was purchased for joint Army and Navy
use in the development of military aviation in the Pacific.

May 27, 1819: Birth of author, suffragist and peace activist Julia Ward
Howe.
May 28, 1982: Seven women fasted in Springfield, Ill to support ratification
of the Equal Rights Amendment by the state legislature.

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