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M MadDogMike Grand Member (8 years) The Anvil of the Sun Joined: Mar 30, 2008 Posts: 10872	M MadDogMike Posted posted on Mon, Jul 17, 2017 10:07 AM Up to 180 entries. Admittedly, some of them are not all that significant in Tiki History. I thought is would be fun to sort them by year, kind of a Tiki Timeline. Sadly, most of the entries I have since the 70s are restaurants closing and people passing away :( 1722 5-Apr Capt Jacob Roggeveen arrives in Easter Island 1733 25-Dec Molasses Act alters rum history 1778 18-Jan Capt James Cook arrives in Hawaii 1779 14-Feb Death of Capt James Cook Hawaii 1835 28-Oct Maori Declaration of Independence 1848 7-Jun Paul Gauguin born 1888 2-Jan Drink straw patented 1890 24-Aug Duke Kahanamoku born 1894 7-Nov Don Blanding born 1902 11-Nov Webley Edwards born 1902 10-Dec Victor Bergeron born 1903 8-May Paul Gauguin dies 1903 31-Oct Eli Hedley born 1904 13-Apr Edgar Leeteg born 1906 18-Jun Milan Guanko born 1907 22-Feb Ernest Gantt (Don the Beachcomber) born 1908 5-Feb Moon Lueg born 1908 15-Apr eden ahbez born 1909 9-Nov Ray Buhen born 1911 10-Apr Martin Denny born 1914 6-Oct Thor Heyerdahl born 1914 10-Oct Louis Armet born 1916 7-Feb Stephen Crane born 1917 2-Feb Eldon Davis born 1919 19-Nov Charles McKirahan born 1920 30-Dec Jack Lord born 1921 12-Aug Wallace Turnbow born 1922 14-Mar Lex Baxter born 1922 13-Sep Yma Sumac born 1924 9-Jan Marvin Chin born 1924 16-Jan Pete Wembery born 1925 6-Jun William Westenhaver born 1927 17-Nov Robert Drasnin born 1928 28-Mar George Nakashima born 1928 23-Jun August Holland born 1930 9-May Leland Henry (Kahiki) born 1930 13-Aug Don Ho born 1931 21-Feb Hangover helper Alka Seltzer introduced 1931 18-Dec Andres Bumatay born 1933 1-Feb Arthur Lyman born 1933 19-Aug Debra Paget born 1933 5-Dec Repeal Day 1933 5-Dec Don's Beachcomber Café opens in Hollywood 1934 17-Nov Hinky Dinks opens 1935 14-Mar Sandy Warner born 1935 3-Jul "Hawaii Calls" radio show first broadcast 1935 8-Nov Mutiny on the Bounty movie released 1935 27-Nov The Tropics Beverly Hills opens 1937 26-May Don the Beachcomber Hollywood opens 1937 5-Jul Spam production begins 1939 26-Dec Monte Proser's Beachcomber NY opens 1940 1-May Don the Beacomber Chicago opens 1940 18-Dec Trader Vic Waikiki opens 1941 7-Dec Attack on Pearl Harbor 1942 13-May Skipper Kent's Zombie Village opens 1944 26-Sep Creation of the Trader Vic Mai Tai 1945 15-Aug VJ Day 1945 18-Sep Tonga Room opens 1947 28-Apr Kon Tiki sails from Peru 1947 7-Aug Kon Tiki arrives Tuamotu Islands 1949 5-May Pago Pago Tucson opena 1949 28-Oct Wayne Coombs born 1950 13-Jan Kon Tiki movie released 1950 22-Aug Kowloon opens Saugus MA 1953 7-Feb Edgar Leeteg dies 1953 21-Feb Waikiki restaurant Minneapolis opens 1953 2-Mar Don the Beachcomber Palm Springs opens 1953 25-Jul Beverly Hills Luau opens 1954 31-Dec Skipper Kent's Polynesian Village opens 1955 28-Jul The Hawaiian resturant Long Beach opens 1955 11-Aug Traders Beverly Hills Hilton opens 1955 27-Aug Sven Kristen born 1956 25-Jun Oceanic Arts opens 1956 28-Dec Mai Kai opens 1957 26-Mar The Traders Chicago opens 1957 9-Jun Don Blanding dies 1957 25-Aug Polynesian Restaurant Torrence opens 1957 23-Nov The Polynesian Torrence opens 1958 2-Mar Molokai Bar at Mai Kai opens 1958 19-Mar South Pacific movie released 1958 13-Apr Trader Vic's NY Savoy opens 1958 4-Jul Islands Phoenix opens 1958 8-Aug The Reef restaurant Long Beach opens 1959 20-Feb The Tahitian Studio City opens 1959 20-May Lanai San Mateo opens 1959 23-Jul Tiki Jo restaurant Santa Monica opens 1959 21-Aug Hawaiian statehood 1959 26-Sep Kon Tiki Portland opens 1959 7-Oct First episode of "Hawaiian Eye" 1959 24-Dec South Pacific Hallandale opens 1960 20-Jun Ren Clark's Polynesian Village opens 1960 23-Jun Samoa restaurant Cocoa Beach opens 1960 29-Jul Ports O'Call Dallas opens 1961 8-Feb Ports O'Call Long Beach opens 1961 20-Feb Kahiki opens 1961 28-Apr Tiki Ti opens 1961 24-Jun Royal Tahitian Onterio opens 1961 10-Jul Pub Tiki Philadelphia opens 1961 11-Jul Tahitian Villiage Downey opens 1961 13-Jul Kona Kai Philadelphia opens 1961 17-Nov Aloha Jhoe's Palm Springs opens 1961 21-Nov Tahitian Pasadena opens 1962 1-Jan Samoan Independence Day 1962 30-Jan Kon Tiki Tucson opens 1962 21-Apr Seattle Worlds Fair opens 1962 3-Jul Mainlander restaurant St Louis opens 1962 6-Aug Kon Tiki Ports Chicago opens 1962 5-Oct Mauna Loa Hollywood opens 1962 26-Oct Hawaiian Room Emerson Hotel opens 1962 1-Dec Don the Beachcomber Las Vegas opens 1963 2-Apr Last episode of "Hawaiian Eye" airs 1963 23-Jun Enchanted Tiki Room opens 1963 16-Aug Benny Chang's Polynesian Salt Lake City open 1963 12-Oct Polynesian Cultural Center opens 1963 5-Dec Trader Vic's St Louis opens 1964 4-Mar Trade Winds Oxnard opens 1965 4-Aug Cook Islands become self governing 1965 19-Aug Kon Tiki Cincinnati opens 1965 22-Aug Trader Vic's NY Plaza opens 1965 23-Aug Kon Tiki Ports Cincinnati opens 1965 11-Oct Explorer East Syracuse opens 1966 15-Jul Hop Louie's Latitude 20 Torrence opens 1966 27-Sep Trader Vic's St Paul opens 1967 8-Jan Mauna Loa Detroit opens 1968 22-Jan Duke Kahanamoku dies 1969 27-Jun Tur Maikai Kalamazoo opens 1969 29-Jun The Hawaiian resturant Long Beach closes 1969 10-Dec Trader Vic's Detroit opens 1970 31-Jul Black Tot Day 1975 16-Sep Papua New Guinea Independence Day 1977 5-Oct Webley Edwards dies 1981 12-Sep Eli Hedley dies 1981 11-Oct Louis Armet dies 1984 1-Jun Moon Lueg dies 1984 11-Oct Trader Vic dies 1985 6-Feb Stephen Crane dies 1989 7-Jun Don the Beachcomber dies 1990 15-Jun George Nakashima dies 1994 16-May Milan Guanko dies 1995 4-Mar eden ahbez dies 1995 30-Dec Pete Wembery dies 1998 21-Jan Jack Lord dies 1999 30-Sep Ray Buhen dies 2000 25-Aug Kahiki closes 2001 18-Aug First Tiki Oasis Palm Springs 2002 24-Feb Arthur Lyman dies 2002 18-Apr Thor Heyerdahl dies 2002 19-Jul First Hukilau Atlanta 2005 2-Mar Martin Denny dies 2007 14-Mar Don ho dies 2008 9-May First Tiki Caliente Palm Springs 2008 1-Nov Yma Sumac dies 2008 4-Dec Frankie's Las Vegas opens 2009 18-Sep First Luau at the Lake, Lake George NY 2009 8-Dec Smuggler's Cove San Francisco opens 2011 22-Apr Eldon Davis dies 2012 4-Sep Wayne Coombs dies 2015 13-May Robert Drasnin dies 2016 14-Dec William Westenhaver dies 2017 4-Mar Reef Palm Springs opens

Up to 180 entries. Admittedly, some of them are not all that significant in Tiki History. I thought is would be fun to sort them by year, kind of a Tiki Timeline. Sadly, most of the entries I have since the 70s are restaurants closing and people passing away :(

1722 5-Apr Capt Jacob Roggeveen arrives in Easter Island
1733 25-Dec Molasses Act alters rum history
1778 18-Jan Capt James Cook arrives in Hawaii
1779 14-Feb Death of Capt James Cook Hawaii
1835 28-Oct Maori Declaration of Independence
1848 7-Jun Paul Gauguin born
1888 2-Jan Drink straw patented
1890 24-Aug Duke Kahanamoku born
1894 7-Nov Don Blanding born
1902 11-Nov Webley Edwards born
1902 10-Dec Victor Bergeron born
1903 8-May Paul Gauguin dies
1903 31-Oct Eli Hedley born
1904 13-Apr Edgar Leeteg born
1906 18-Jun Milan Guanko born
1907 22-Feb Ernest Gantt (Don the Beachcomber) born
1908 5-Feb Moon Lueg born
1908 15-Apr eden ahbez born
1909 9-Nov Ray Buhen born
1911 10-Apr Martin Denny born
1914 6-Oct Thor Heyerdahl born
1914 10-Oct Louis Armet born
1916 7-Feb Stephen Crane born
1917 2-Feb Eldon Davis born
1919 19-Nov Charles McKirahan born
1920 30-Dec Jack Lord born
1921 12-Aug Wallace Turnbow born
1922 14-Mar Lex Baxter born
1922 13-Sep Yma Sumac born
1924 9-Jan Marvin Chin born
1924 16-Jan Pete Wembery born
1925 6-Jun William Westenhaver born
1927 17-Nov Robert Drasnin born
1928 28-Mar George Nakashima born
1928 23-Jun August Holland born
1930 9-May Leland Henry (Kahiki) born
1930 13-Aug Don Ho born
1931 21-Feb Hangover helper Alka Seltzer introduced
1931 18-Dec Andres Bumatay born
1933 1-Feb Arthur Lyman born
1933 19-Aug Debra Paget born
1933 5-Dec Repeal Day
1933 5-Dec Don's Beachcomber Café opens in Hollywood
1934 17-Nov Hinky Dinks opens
1935 14-Mar Sandy Warner born
1935 3-Jul "Hawaii Calls" radio show first broadcast
1935 8-Nov Mutiny on the Bounty movie released
1935 27-Nov The Tropics Beverly Hills opens
1937 26-May Don the Beachcomber Hollywood opens
1937 5-Jul Spam production begins
1939 26-Dec Monte Proser's Beachcomber NY opens
1940 1-May Don the Beacomber Chicago opens
1940 18-Dec Trader Vic Waikiki opens
1941 7-Dec Attack on Pearl Harbor
1942 13-May Skipper Kent's Zombie Village opens
1944 26-Sep Creation of the Trader Vic Mai Tai
1945 15-Aug VJ Day
1945 18-Sep Tonga Room opens
1947 28-Apr Kon Tiki sails from Peru
1947 7-Aug Kon Tiki arrives Tuamotu Islands
1949 5-May Pago Pago Tucson opena
1949 28-Oct Wayne Coombs born
1950 13-Jan Kon Tiki movie released
1950 22-Aug Kowloon opens Saugus MA
1953 7-Feb Edgar Leeteg dies
1953 21-Feb Waikiki restaurant Minneapolis opens
1953 2-Mar Don the Beachcomber Palm Springs opens
1953 25-Jul Beverly Hills Luau opens
1954 31-Dec Skipper Kent's Polynesian Village opens
1955 28-Jul The Hawaiian resturant Long Beach opens
1955 11-Aug Traders Beverly Hills Hilton opens
1955 27-Aug Sven Kristen born
1956 25-Jun Oceanic Arts opens
1956 28-Dec Mai Kai opens
1957 26-Mar The Traders Chicago opens
1957 9-Jun Don Blanding dies
1957 25-Aug Polynesian Restaurant Torrence opens
1957 23-Nov The Polynesian Torrence opens
1958 2-Mar Molokai Bar at Mai Kai opens
1958 19-Mar South Pacific movie released
1958 13-Apr Trader Vic's NY Savoy opens
1958 4-Jul Islands Phoenix opens
1958 8-Aug The Reef restaurant Long Beach opens
1959 20-Feb The Tahitian Studio City opens
1959 20-May Lanai San Mateo opens
1959 23-Jul Tiki Jo restaurant Santa Monica opens
1959 21-Aug Hawaiian statehood
1959 26-Sep Kon Tiki Portland opens
1959 7-Oct First episode of "Hawaiian Eye"
1959 24-Dec South Pacific Hallandale opens
1960 20-Jun Ren Clark's Polynesian Village opens
1960 23-Jun Samoa restaurant Cocoa Beach opens
1960 29-Jul Ports O'Call Dallas opens
1961 8-Feb Ports O'Call Long Beach opens
1961 20-Feb Kahiki opens
1961 28-Apr Tiki Ti opens
1961 24-Jun Royal Tahitian Onterio opens
1961 10-Jul Pub Tiki Philadelphia opens
1961 11-Jul Tahitian Villiage Downey opens
1961 13-Jul Kona Kai Philadelphia opens
1961 17-Nov Aloha Jhoe's Palm Springs opens
1961 21-Nov Tahitian Pasadena opens
1962 1-Jan Samoan Independence Day
1962 30-Jan Kon Tiki Tucson opens
1962 21-Apr Seattle Worlds Fair opens
1962 3-Jul Mainlander restaurant St Louis opens
1962 6-Aug Kon Tiki Ports Chicago opens
1962 5-Oct Mauna Loa Hollywood opens
1962 26-Oct Hawaiian Room Emerson Hotel opens
1962 1-Dec Don the Beachcomber Las Vegas opens
1963 2-Apr Last episode of "Hawaiian Eye" airs
1963 23-Jun Enchanted Tiki Room opens
1963 16-Aug Benny Chang's Polynesian Salt Lake City open
1963 12-Oct Polynesian Cultural Center opens
1963 5-Dec Trader Vic's St Louis opens
1964 4-Mar Trade Winds Oxnard opens
1965 4-Aug Cook Islands become self governing
1965 19-Aug Kon Tiki Cincinnati opens
1965 22-Aug Trader Vic's NY Plaza opens
1965 23-Aug Kon Tiki Ports Cincinnati opens
1965 11-Oct Explorer East Syracuse opens
1966 15-Jul Hop Louie's Latitude 20 Torrence opens
1966 27-Sep Trader Vic's St Paul opens
1967 8-Jan Mauna Loa Detroit opens
1968 22-Jan Duke Kahanamoku dies
1969 27-Jun Tur Maikai Kalamazoo opens
1969 29-Jun The Hawaiian resturant Long Beach closes
1969 10-Dec Trader Vic's Detroit opens
1970 31-Jul Black Tot Day
1975 16-Sep Papua New Guinea Independence Day
1977 5-Oct Webley Edwards dies
1981 12-Sep Eli Hedley dies
1981 11-Oct Louis Armet dies
1984 1-Jun Moon Lueg dies
1984 11-Oct Trader Vic dies
1985 6-Feb Stephen Crane dies
1989 7-Jun Don the Beachcomber dies
1990 15-Jun George Nakashima dies
1994 16-May Milan Guanko dies
1995 4-Mar eden ahbez dies
1995 30-Dec Pete Wembery dies
1998 21-Jan Jack Lord dies
1999 30-Sep Ray Buhen dies
2000 25-Aug Kahiki closes
2001 18-Aug First Tiki Oasis Palm Springs
2002 24-Feb Arthur Lyman dies
2002 18-Apr Thor Heyerdahl dies
2002 19-Jul First Hukilau Atlanta
2005 2-Mar Martin Denny dies
2007 14-Mar Don ho dies
2008 9-May First Tiki Caliente Palm Springs
2008 1-Nov Yma Sumac dies
2008 4-Dec Frankie's Las Vegas opens
2009 18-Sep First Luau at the Lake, Lake George NY
2009 8-Dec Smuggler's Cove San Francisco opens
2011 22-Apr Eldon Davis dies
2012 4-Sep Wayne Coombs dies
2015 13-May Robert Drasnin dies
2016 14-Dec William Westenhaver dies
2017 4-Mar Reef Palm Springs opens

Post #777914 by MadDogMike on Mon, Jul 17, 2017 10:07 AM