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(Joseph Nebus) wrote:
> Discovered while looking about Wikipedia for events of historic
>significance on these dates, was this entry for March 18:
>
> 1959 - American President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs a bill
> into law allowing for Hawaiian statehood, which would
> become official on August 21.
>
> So, uh ... why the wait? If I'm counting correctly that's a
>pause of five months between officially ruling that Hawaii should be
>a state and deciding that Hawaii has become a state. Granting it takes
>time to organize the territorial government into a state government, but
>I'd imagine all the work and redesign of letterheads and such could be
>done before the statehood bill gets out of committee. They can't have
>taken Hawaii completely by surprise.
>
> I don't see any obvious historic significance to August 21, or
>to that week, which would make it an auspicious date for Hawaii
statehood.
>The 21st I assume was chosen because as a Friday it allowed the thing to
>be a long weekend, but otherwise ... why not declare statehood effective
>March 20, then?
The legislation making Canada a country was passed in March. Like
your case, the "proclamation" that made it official waited till July
-- thus giving us a better holiday to celebrate. Some people say
that's why the 2.5 month delay in our case.
--
Tomorrow is today already.
Greg Goss, 1989-01-27
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