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Hawai`i Statehood Day

Name: Hawai`i Statehood Day
Start: 2026-08-21T00:00:00+00:00
End: 2026-08-21
Location: US Holidays

Hawai`i Statehood Day is held on August 21. 1959. This event in the third decade of the month August is annual.

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Hawaii is the world's largest island chain, and it's the only U.S. state completely made up of islands. The nickname for the State of Hawai'i is the Āloha State. On Āugust 21, 1959, Hawai'i became the 50th State. Statehood Day is an official state holiday in Hawai'i. King Kamehameha the Great conquered and united the eight major Hawaiian Islands in 1810.

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