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Statehood Day or Admission Day is a legal holiday in the state of Hawaii in the United States. It is celebrated annually on the third Friday in August to commemorate the anniversary of the state's 1959 admission to the Union .
The Admission Act, formally An Act to Provide for the Admission of the State of Hawaii into the Union (Pub. L. 86–3, 73 Stat. 4, enacted March 18, 1959) is a statute enacted by the United States Congress and signed into law by President Dwight D. Eisenhower which dissolved the Territory of Hawaii and established the State of Hawaii as the 50th state to be admitted into the Union. [1]
The following table is a list of all 50 states and their respective dates of statehood. The first 13 became states in July 1776 upon agreeing to the United States Declaration of Independence, and each joined the first Union of states between 1777 and 1781, upon ratifying the Articles of Confederation, its first constitution. [6]
The date of the first settlements is a ... After a referendum in which over 93% of Hawaiian citizens voted in favor of statehood, Hawaii was admitted as the 50th ...
The Territory of Hawaii is admitted to the union of the United States as the 50th State. [ 2 ] William F. Quinn is elected the first governor of the state of Hawaii.
The coup went forward with the support of John L. Stevens, the United States Minister to Hawaii, and US Marines from the USS Boston. By January 17, 1893, the overthrow of the monarchy was complete ...
Hawaii Admission Act, admitting Hawaii as a state in the Union as of August 21, 1959; Federalism in the United States; List of U.S. states by date of admission to the Union; List of U.S. state partition proposals; Perpetual Union; State cessions; Statehood movement in the District of Columbia; Statehood movement in Puerto Rico; Secession in the ...
Former President Barack Obama established a tradition as president of spending the Christmas holiday with his family in Hawaii. As reported , the president's Christmases in the state were ...