Hawai'i teachers hold the first statewide strike in the nation over pay and working conditions.
One hundred thirty-two Japanese firms control nearly $240 million in the assets of the state.
"Roll-on, roll-off" trailer service is introduced by Matson Lines.
Mediation-arbitration accepted as an innovative new means of settling intractable labor-management standoffs. First electrical utility strike ends with mediation-arbitration.
$2,471,700,000 worth of imports arrive in Hawai'i; exports total $932,200,000.
More Islanders visit mainland China and more mainland Chinese visit Hawai'i than in any year since the Communist Revolution.
Theo Davies - one of the Island's Big Five firms - sold to Jardine Matheson, a conglomerate based in Hong Kong.
