A party goes skiing on Mauna Kea near Halepohaku.

Population of Hawai`i territory measures 393,279.

Mauna Kea, 29-year veteran of inter-island shipping, sinks 10 miles off shore.

First traffic light installed at Nu`uanu Avenue and Beretania Street.

Blueprints prepared for a giant movable "hospital" for warships to be built at Pearl Harbor; the floating dry-dock is expected to cost $10,000,000.

Honolulu area has estimated 5,000 unemployed.

HGEA (Hawai`i Government Employees Association) formed by handful of low-level supervisors, the first step toward establishing a genuine civil service.

Commercial transpacific air travel begins with the flight of Pan Am's Hawai`i clipper from San Francisco to Honolulu; the flight takes 20 hours.

Aloha shirts first advertised. Shirtmaker Ellery Chun registers the "aloha shirt" term and begins mass production for his King Street store. Read More.

Filipino labor union Vibora Luviminda calls strike against four Maui plantations, demanding higher wages and dismissal of five foremen. Planters agree to the pay increase after 85 days.

$92,444,000 worth of imports arrive in Hawai`i; exports total $127,177,000.

Pan American airlines begins weekly passenger service between San Francisco and Manila via Honolulu. Seven passengers make the inaugural flight on the Hawai`i Clipper, leaving Alameda at 3:11 p.m. and arriving at Pearl City at 7:54 the next morning.

New Packards unveiled in Hawai`i.

World air racer Herbert R. "Buddy" Ekins welcomed at Pearl City.

Maharaja of Indore, accompanied by a former princess of Kabal, visits O`ahu aboard the Lurline.

American Jesse Owens stars at Berlin Olympic Games.

First prototype of the Volkswagen "Beetle" produced.

Spanish Civil War begins.

Sergei Prokofiev composes Peter and the Wolf.