On August 21, 1959, President Eisenhower signed the official declaration and Hawaii was admitted to the Union, making it our 50th state. Hawaii is 7 months younger than Alaska (which Eisenhower made a state on January 3, 1959!)
Happy Statehood Hawaii!
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Heard it here first...then saw a blurb in the paper. I vaguely remember this event...I would have been 8.
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