On This Day in Tiki History - 2023 Calendar Available

Here’s a historic event to add:

2019-12-14 Restoration of Tiki Bob column

http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=6319&forum=2&vpost=799367

Done, thanks Hamo. I haven't started working on the 2020 Calendar yet, I'd better git jiggy wit dat!

Aloha! For what it's worth MDM, I really dig the history posts "This day in Tiki history" keep it coming cuz this baby tiki girl has a lot to learn....:tiki: :music: :wink:

Thanks Mele :)

On 2019-12-20 08:12, MadDogMike wrote:
I haven't started working on the 2020 Calendar yet, I'd better git jiggy wit dat!

Oh, good; I'm glad you're doing it again. At least you added January to this year's calendar, so you still have a little time....

MDM,

I have a bunch of new entries for the calendar, will post them here soon.

DC

Here are a few more to start with for 2020:

Kon Tiki Restaurant, Waikiki Hawaii Opens June 15, 1971

Tropics Motel Palm Springs Opens March 21 1963

Tropics Detroit opens June 15, 1941

Christian's Hut Honolulu opens July 19, 1957

Club Zombie, Cleveland opens December 28, 1944

[ Edited by: Dustycajun 2019-12-27 10:30 ]

Thanks DC!!!

Here is a timeline of Tiki related events over the years. This is my abbreviated list so the significance of people is not listed but can be found on the first page of this thread

20-Feb 1703 Mount Gay Distillery Founded
5-Apr 1722 Capt Jacob Roggeveen arrives in Easter Island
25-Dec 1733 Molasses Act alters rum history
18-Jan 1778 Capt James Cook arrives in Hawaii
14-Feb 1779 Death of Capt James Cook
29-Sep 1784 Girolamo Luxardo born
22-Nov 1796 Dr Johann Siegert born
14-Oct 1814 Facundo Bacardi born
28-Oct 1835 Maori Declaration of Independence
7-Jun 1848 Paul Gauguin born
4-Jun 1862 Tonga Emancipation
8-Sep 1865 Girolamo Luxardo dies
12-Oct 1870 Dr Johann Siegert dies
17-Aug 1877 Bill McCoy born
9-May 1886 Facundo Bacardi dies
2-Jan 1888 Drink straw patented
24-Aug 1890 Duke Kahanamoku born
7-Nov 1894 Don Blanding born
5-Nov 1900 Natalie Schafer born
11-Nov 1902 Webley Edwards born
10-Dec 1902 Victor Bergeron born
28-Mar 1903 Bud Bachtold born
8-May 1903 Paul Gauguin dies
31-Oct 1903 Eli Hedley born
13-Apr 1904 Edgar Leeteg born
20-Nov 1905 Frank Bowers born
26-Apr 1906 Bobby Butago born
18-Jun 1906 Milan Guanko born
22-Feb 1907 Ernest Gantt born
12-Aug 1907 Mariano Licudine born
5-Feb 1908 Moon Lueg born
20-Feb 1908 Leon Lontoc born
15-Apr 1908 eden ahbez born
9-Nov 1909 Ray Buhen born
19-Jun 1910 Joe Scialom born
10-Apr 1911 Martin Denny born
4-May 1911 Francis Cabang born
19-Oct 1911 George Cates born
25-Feb 1913 Jim Backus born
14-Apr 1913 Lewis VanDercar born
7-Dec 1913 Charles Ward dies
16-Jan 1914 Pete Wimberly born
6-Oct 1914 Thor Heyerdahl born
10-Oct 1914 Louis Armet born
7-Feb 1916 Stephen Crane born
2-Feb 1917 Eldon Davis born
20-Jan 1918 Juan Esquivel born
20-Feb 1918 Phil Moore born
26-Sep 1918 Harry Yee born
13-Mar 1919 Wesley Herron born
20-Mar 1919 Charles McKirahan born
20-Apr 1919 Frank Walls born
30-Dec 1920 Jack Lord born
8-Mar 1921 Alan Hale born
12-Aug 1921 Wallace Turnbow born
14-Mar 1922 Les Baxter born
13-Sep 1922 Yma Sumac born
23-Nov 1923 Bill McCoy arrested for Prohibition rum running
9-Jan 1924 Marvin Chin born
10-Nov 1924 Russell Johns born
14-Nov 1924 William Krisel born
6-Jun 1925 William Westenhaver born
17-Nov 1927 Robert Drasnin born
28-Mar 1928 George Nakashima born
21-Jun 1928 Herb Kane born
23-Jun 1928 August Holland born
2-May 1929 Jack Thornton born
7-Jul 1929 Ben Wilson born
9-May 1930 Leland Henry born
13-Aug 1930 Don Ho born
21-Feb 1931 Hangover helper Alka Seltzer introduced
18-Dec 1931 Andres Bumatay born
1-Feb 1933 Arthur Lyman born
19-Aug 1933 Debra Paget born
5-Dec 1933 Repeal Day
5-Dec 1933 Don's Beachcomber Café opens in Hollywood
11-Feb 1934 Tina Louise born
19-Mar 1934 Havana Club Rum introduced
17-Nov 1934 Hinky Dinks opens
9-Jan 1935 Bob Denver born
14-Mar 1935 Sandy Warner born
3-Jul 1935 "Hawaii Calls" radio show first broadcast
8-Nov 1935 Mutiny on the Bounty movie released
27-Nov 1935 The Tropics Beverly Hills opens
26-May 1937 Don the Beachcomber Hollywood opens
5-Jul 1937 Spam production begins
18-Oct 1938 Dawn Wells born
26-Dec 1939 Monte Proser's Beachcomber NY opens
1-May 1940 Don the Beachcomber Chicago opens
18-Dec 1940 Trader Vic Waikiki opens
15-Jun 1941 Tropics Detroit opens
7-Dec 1941 Attack on Pearl Harbor
13-May 1942 Skipper Kent's Zombie Village opens
28-Dec 1944 Club Zombie Cleveland opens
15-Aug 1945 VJ Day
18-Sep 1945 Tonga Room opens
28-Apr 1947 Kon Tiki sails from Peru
7-Aug 1947 Kon Tiki arrives Tuamotu Islands
30-Dec 1948 Bill McCoy dies
5-May 1949 Pago Pago Tucson opens
28-Oct 1949 Wayne Coombs born
13-Jan 1950 Kon Tiki movie released
22-Aug 1950 Kowloon opens Saugus MA
7-Feb 1953 Edgar Leeteg dies
21-Feb 1953 Waikiki restaurant Minneapolis opens
2-Mar 1953 Don the Beachcomber Palm Springs opens
25-Jul 1953 Beverly Hills Luau opens
2-Dec 1953 Kalua Room Windsor Hotel Seattle opens
31-Dec 1954 Skipper Kent's Polynesian Village opens
28-Jul 1955 The Hawaiian resturant Long Beach opens
11-Aug 1955 Traders Beverly Hills Hilton opens
27-Aug 1955 Sven Kristen born
25-Jun 1956 Oceanic Arts opens
6-Nov 1956 Kon Tiki Palm Springs opens
28-Dec 1956 Mai Kai opens
26-Mar 1957 The Traders Chicago opens
9-Jun 1957 Dan Blanding dies
19-Jul 1957 Christian's Hut Honolulu opens
25-Aug 1957 Polynesian Restaurant Torrance opens
6-Mar 1958 Molokai Bar at Mai Kai opens
19-Mar 1958 "South Pacific" movie premiers
13-Apr 1958 Trader Vic's NY Savoy opens
4-Jul 1958 Islands Phoenix opens
15-Jul 1958 Cinerama "South Seas Adventure" premiers
8-Aug 1958 The Reef restaurant Long Beach opens
20-Feb 1959 The Tahitian Studio City opens
29-Apr 1959 Hilo Hut Palm Springs opens
20-May 1959 Lanai San Mateo opens
14-Jun 1959 The Grass Shack burns down
23-Jul 1959 Tiki Jo restaurant Santa Monica opens
21-Aug 1959 Hawaiian statehood
26-Sep 1959 Kon Tiki Portland opens
7-Oct 1959 First episode of "Hawaiian Eye"
24-Dec 1959 South Pacific Hallandale opens
17-Jun 1960 Clifton's Pacific Seas closes
20-Jun 1960 Ren Clark's Polynesian Village opens
23-Jun 1960 Samoa restaurant Cocoa Beach opens
29-Jul 1960 Ports O'Call Dallas opens
18-Nov 1960 Mr Magoo shipwrecked in "Robinson Crusoe Magoo"
8-Feb 1961 Ports O'Call Long Beach opens
20-Feb 1961 Kahiki opens
27-Mar 1961 Mc Magoo goes to Hawaii
28-Apr 1961 Tiki Ti opens
24-Jun 1961 Royal Tahitian Ontario opens
10-Jul 1961 Pub Tiki Philadelphia opens
11-Jul 1961 Tahitian Village Downey opens
13-Jul 1961 Kona Kai Philadelphia opens
17-Nov 1961 Aloha Jhoe's Palm Springs opens
21-Nov 1961 Tahitian Pasadena opens
1-Jan 1962 Samoan Independence Day
30-Jan 1962 Kon Tiki Tucson opens
21-Apr 1962 Seattle Worlds Fair opens
3-Jul 1962 Mainlander restaurant St Louis opens
6-Aug 1962 Kon Tiki Ports Chicago opens
5-Oct 1962 Mauna Loa Hollywood opens
26-Oct 1962 Hawaiian Room Emerson Hotel opens
1-Dec 1962 Don the Beachcomber Las Vegas opens
2-Dec 1962 Marina Lanai Apts Seal Beach open
21-Mar 1963 Tropics Motel Palm Springs opens
2-Apr 1963 Last episode of "Hawaiian Eye" airs
21-May 1963 Hawaiian Luau Fontainbleau Hotel opens New Orleans
23-Jun 1963 Enchanted Tiki Room opens
16-Aug 1963 Benny Chan's Polynesian Salt Lake City open
12-Oct 1963 Polynesian Cultural Center opens
5-Dec 1963 Trader Vic's St Louis opens
12-Feb 1964 Charles McKirahan Sr dies
4-Mar 1964 Trade Winds Oxnard opens
26-Sep 1964 First "Gilligan's Island" airs
5-Dec 1964 Gilligan's "Waiting for Watubi" Tiki episode first airs
11-Dec 1964 Frank Bowers dies
6-Apr 1965 He Ke Lau Chicopee opens
4-Aug 1965 Cook Islands become self governing
22-Aug 1965 Trader Vic's NY Plaza opens
23-Aug 1965 Kon Tiki Ports Cincinnati opens
11-Oct 1965 Explorer East Syracuse opens
6-May 1966 First Official Aloha Friday
15-Jul 1966 Hop Louie's Latitude 20 Torrence opens
27-Sep 1966 Trader Vic's St Paul opens
10-Oct 1966 Gilligan's Island "Voodoo" first airs
17-Mar 1967 Disneyland Pirates of the Caribbean opens
17-Apr 1967 Final "Gilligan's Island" airs
12-Aug 1967 Mauna Loa Detroit open
26-Sep 1967 "I Dream of Jeannie" travels to Hawaii
22-Jan 1968 Duke Kahanamoku dies
20-Sep 1968 First "Hawaii Five-0"
27-Jun 1969 Tur Maikai Kalamazoo opens
29-Jun 1969 The Hawaiian restaurant Long Beach closes
10-Dec 1969 Trader Vic's Detroit opens
13-Jul 1970 Bud Bachtold dies
31-Jul 1970 Black Tot Day
17-Oct 1970 Scooby Doo "A Tiki Scare is no Fair" first airs
15-Jun 1971 Kon Tiki Waikiki opens
1-Oct 1971 Disney's Polynesian Village Resort opens
22-Sep 1972 Brady Bunch "Cursed Tiki" first airs
29-Sep 1972 Brady Bunch "Pass the Tabu" first airs
6-Oct 1972 Brady Bunch "The Tiki Caves" first airs
29-Dec 1974 Beatles break up Disney Polynesian Village
16-Sep 1975 Papua New Guinea Independence Day
5-Oct 1977 Webley Edwards dies
15-Jan 1979 Ralph Tyree dies
5-Apr 1980 Final "Hawaii Five-0" airs
24-Nov 1980 Mariano Licudine dies
12-Sep 1981 Eli Hedley dies
11-Oct 1981 Louis Armet dies
1-Jun 1984 Moon Lueg dies
11-Oct 1984 Trader Vic dies
6-Feb 1985 Stephen Crane dies
13-May 1987 Robert Drasnin dies
15-Dec 1988 Lewis VanDercar dies
4-Apr 1989 Robert Thornton dies
7-Jun 1989 Ernest Gantt dies
3-Jul 1989 Jim Backus dies
2-Jan 1990 Alan Hale dies
15-Jun 1990 George Nakashima dies
10-Apr 1991 Natalie Schafer, Gilligan's "Mrs Howell" dies
16-May 1994 Milan Guanko dies
4-Mar 1995 eden ahbez dies
14-Apr 1995 Sandy Warner dies
30-Dec 1995 Pete Wembery dies
1-Oct 1996 Bobby Butago dies
21-Nov 1996 Andres Bumatay dies
21-Jan 1998 Jack Lord dies
30-Sep 1999 Ray Buhen dies
12-Jan 2000 Tiki Central founded
25-Aug 2000 Kahiki closes
18-Aug 2001 First Tiki Oasis Palm Springs
3-Jan 2002 Juan Esquivel dies
24-Feb 2002 Arthur Lyman dies
18-Apr 2002 Thor Heyerdahl dies
19-Jul 2002 First Hukilau Atlanta
23-Feb 2004 Joe Scialom dies
2-Mar 2005 Martin Denny dies
2-Sep 2005 Bob Denver dies
22-Apr 2006 Forbidden Island Alameda opens
14-Apr 2007 Don ho dies
22-Feb 2008 Jack Thornton dies
9-May 2008 First Tiki Caliente Palm Springs
1-Nov 2008 Yma Sumac dies
4-Dec 2008 Frankie's Las Vegas opens
18-Sep 2009 First Luau at the Lake, Lake George NY
8-Dec 2009 Smuggler's Cove San Francisco opens
8-Mar 2011 Herb Kane dies
15-Apr 2011 First Mojave Oasis
22-Apr 2011 Eldon Davis dies
4-Mar 2012 Frank Walls dies
4-Sep 2012 Wayne Coombs dies
16-Jan 2014 Russell Johns dies
13-May 2015 Robert Drasnin dies
7-Jun 2015 Moai barge sunk, Florida
22-Sep 2015 Leland Henry dies
24-Feb 2016 Pagan Island San Francisco opens
3-Sep 2016 False Idol San Diego opens
23-Oct 2016 Jungle Bird opens, Sacramento
7-Nov 2016 The Grass Ahirt San Diego opens
12-Nov 2016 New Clifton's Pacific Seas opens
14-Dec 2016 William Westenhaver dies
4-Mar 2017 Reef Palm Springs opens
13-Apr 2017 TikiCat Kansas City opens
4-Jun 2017 Wesley Herron dies
6-Apr 2018 He Ke Lau Chicopee closes
15-Apr 2018 Don the Beachcomber Huntington Beach closes
11-Sep 2018 Inferno Room Indianapolis opens
12-Oct 2018 Omni Hut closes, Smyrna TN
8-Jun 2018 Lost Rivers Chicago opens
5-Feb 2019 Tiki Tango opens, Atlanta
8-Mar 2019 Super Ting Tong Long Beach opens
3-Apr 2019 Royal Hawaiian Laguna Beach Reopens
12-Apr 2019 First AZ Tiki Oasis
14-Dec 2019 Restoration of Tiki Bob San Francisco

MDM,

A few more last minute entries for 2020.

Bali Hai, Northport, NY Opens October 24, 1963

Tahiti Lounge @ The Tiki Motor Inn new York Opens July 15, 1965

Mai Kai Theater, Livonia, MI Opens April 10, 1962

Mauna Loa, Hollywood, CA Opens October 5, 1962

Tropics, Dayton, OH Opens November 18, 1954

Lin Fa Mai Tai Room, Terra Linda, CA opens December 13, 1963

DC

Thank you DC!

You should update "Super Ting Tong" to "The Bamboo Club."

And how about adding Max’s South Seas Hideaway's opening on October 19, 2019 in Grand Rapids?

Thanks Hamo

So MDM, I know I hit you with some really late additions for the 2020 calendar, but here we are heading towards the third week of January! Any status on the 2020 version? Looking forward to it, as always.

Sincerely,

DC

DC!!! I am running behind but I can't blame it on your late entries :lol: Too many projects going on right now. I have a 1964 calendar created and all of the events entered on the proper day. Just need to find medium to high resolution pics for each of the months. I have to work Saturday night and should have some downtime, hope to finish it then

MDM,

I just happen to know someone who has a wealth of medium to hi resolution Tiki images that could help with your calendar. PM me your email and I will have that someone send over some images that may be of assitance.

DC

2020 Calendar is available for download here or see the link of the first page. Some great images provided by Dusty Cajun so it will be prettier this year than in previous years.

Looks good MDM! One correction, the September images are from the Kon Tiki restaurant in Portland, not Phoenix.

DC

One more correction, the Kon Tiki images from the first January page in January is from Tucson and not Phoenix.

DC

I guess I had Phoenix on my mind :lol: Thanks for those corrections, I updated it and will have Ace load the new one. Unfortunately, yours has already been printed with the wrong info :/

Another great looking calendar, Mike. Thanks!

MadDogMike I didn't see where you put down the date you began to share each of these events. You are an event! Thank you, Wendy

Hamo, thanks
Wendy, :lol:

Mike, I don't suppose you've been secretly working on a 2023 calendar that I can print and hang on my office wall, like the good old days (pre-2020)? No pressure--there's still a few days left in the year....

I had forgotten all about that calendar :( It is a little late but let me see what I can do. Maybe I can keep the same pics and rearrange the dates?

Can anyone think of important Tiki dates that have happened in the past 2 years? The death of Harry Yee and the closing of the Mai Kai :(

Mai-Kai opened on 28 of Dec. 1956.

The closing of the Mai Kai is apparently temporary, so I don't think that's worth putting down. But you can soon include the closing of Trader Vic's London unfortunately.

Well, I just checked https://www.whencanireusethiscalendar.com, and we could just reuse the 1961/2017 calendar, which would make things much easier....

[ Edited by Hamo on 2022-12-29 18:28:07 ]

Will carve and arriano thank you
Hamo I'll check and see if I have that file. AceExplorer may still it preserved somewhere. But I still need to check it over, I made some changes between 2017 and the last one I published (2019? 2020?)

[ Edited by MadDogMike on 2022-12-30 17:12:56 ]

Damn I thought SOMBODY would beat me to this one.

You could also add Bills birthday year 1928 to the list as it only has Bills birthday as June 14th.

2021 F. William Sapp, age 92 died February 11th, 2021 / Birth: June 14, 1928 Laid to rest February 17th Tikiskips birthday.

Thanks tikiskip. I think I had the date of his birth but not the year from an article about a grass hut (?) place burning down on his birthday

If you manage to fill every date of the calendar with something of Tiki significance, then you could market it as showing a reason to have a cocktail every day! Think about that!

We need a reason to have a cocktail every day? LOL

Well it certainly prevents people from calling you that nasty "A" word, if you can say that you have a perfectly good REASON for having a drink! Here's a calendar full of them! See? It's legit!

[ Edited by TIKIGIKI on 2023-01-01 15:10:40 ]

LOL

I'm about half done with a new calendar, got a few questions Does anyone know the official closing date for Oceanic Arts? How about a closing date for TikiCat in Kansas City? (July something 2020) Is Lost Rivers in Chicago still open? If not what's the closing date?

Thanks

[ Edited by MadDogMike on 2023-01-03 08:33:38 ]

I might argue November 24, 2021 for OA's closing, since that's when they closed to the general public:

Lost Lake's last day was January 15, 2022:

https://blockclubchicago.org/2022/01/07/lost-lake-closing-next-week-marking-end-to-popular-logan-square-tiki-bar/

Not sure about TikiCat yet. As far as I can tell, they never reopened after being forced to close in early 2020, and then their lease ended sometime that July.

Thanks Hamo

Almost ready! I just submitted one to Staples to make sure it prints correctly

My calendar printed beautifully. AceExplorer has graciously agreed to host the pdf file on his website again. Special thanks to DustyCajun for the photos that he curated for the 2020 calendar and I stole for the 2023 calendar.

There is a link on the first page of this thread for the pdf file along with updated directions to print at Staples if you don't want to mess with printing yourself.

Enjoy!

[ Edited by MadDogMike on 2023-01-13 21:35:49 ]

Looks great, Mike! Thanks to you, Dusty, and Ace. Can't wait to print this out at work and hang it on my office wall.

Enjoy Hamo!

Here's my latest list, 351 entries

1-Jan 1962 Samoan Independence Day
1-Jan New Year's Day
1-Jan National Hangover Day
2-Jan 1888 Drink straw patented
2-Jan 1990 Alan Hale dies
3-Jan 2002 Juan Esquivel dies
9-Jan 1924 Marvin Chin born
9-Jan 1935 Bob Denver born
12-Jan 2000 Tiki Central founded
13-Jan 1950 Kon Tiki movie released
15-Jan 1979 Ralph Tyree dies
15-Jan 2022 Lost Lake Chicago closes
16-Jan 1914 Pete Wimberly born
16-Jan 2014 Russell Johns dies
17-Jan Hot Buttered Rum Day
18-Jan 1778 Capt James Cook arrives in Hawaii
20-Jan 1918 Juan Esquivel born
21-Jan 1998 Jack Lord dies
22-Jan 1968 Duke Kahanamoku dies
30-Jan 1962 Kon Tiki Tucson opens
1-Feb 1933 Arthur Lyman born
1-Feb National Pisco Sour Day (1st Sat Feb)
2-Feb 1917 Eldon Davis born
4-Feb 2017 Trader Vic's Beverly Hills closes
5-Feb 1908 Moon Lueg born
5-Feb 2019 Tiki Tango opens, Atlanta
6-Feb 1985 Stephen Crane dies
6-Feb Waitangi Day (New Zealand)
7-Feb 1916 Stephen Crane born
7-Feb 1953 Edgar Leeteg dies
8-Feb 1961 Ports O'Call Long Beach opens
11-Feb 1934 Tina Louise born
11-Feb 2021 Bill Sapp dies
12-Feb 1964 Charles McKirahan Sr dies
14-Feb 1779 Death of Capt James Cook
18-Feb 2021 Ben Wilson dies
20-Feb 1703 Mount Gay Distillery Founded
20-Feb 1908 Leon Lontoc born
20-Feb 1918 Phil Moore born
20-Feb 1959 The Tahitian Studio City opens
20-Feb 1961 Kahiki opens
21-Feb 1931 Hangover helper Alka Seltzer introduced
21-Feb 1953 Waikiki restaurant Minneapolis opens
22-Feb 1907 Ernest Gantt born
22-Feb 2008 Jack Thornton dies
23-Feb 2004 Joe Scialom dies
24-Feb 2002 Arthur Lyman dies
24-Feb 2016 Pagan Island San Francisco opens
24-Feb World Bartender Day
25-Feb 1913 Jim Backus born
27-Feb National Kahlua Day
28-Feb 2014 Lei Low Houston opens
2-Mar 1953 Don the Beachcomber Palm Springs opens
2-Mar 2005 Martin Denny dies
4-Mar 1964 Trade Winds Oxnard opens
4-Mar 1995 eden ahbez dies
4-Mar 2012 Frank Walls dies
4-Mar 2017 Reef Palm Springs opens
5-Mar Missionary Day (French Polynesia)
5-Mar National Absinthe Day
6-Mar 1958 Molokai Bar at Mai Kai opens
8-Mar 1921 Alan Hale born
8-Mar 2011 Herb Kane dies
8-Mar 2019 The Bamboo Club Long Beach opens
13-Mar 1919 Wesley Herron born
14-Mar 1922 Les Baxter born
14-Mar 1935 Sandy Warner born
17-Mar 1967 Disneyland Pirates of the Caribbean opens
19-Mar 1934 Havana Club Introduced
19-Mar 1958 "South Pacific" movie premiers
20-Mar 1919 Charles McKirahan born
21-Mar 1963 Tropics Motel Palm Springs opens
24-Mar National Cocktail Day
26-Mar 1957 The Traders Chicago opens
26-Mar Prince Kalanianaole Day (Hawaii)
27-Mar 1961 Mc Magoo goes to Hawaii
28-Mar 1903 Bud Bachtold born
28-Mar 1928 George Nakashima born
1-Apr Bacardi 151 wins Gold Medal (April Fools)
2-Apr 1963 Last episode of "Hawaiian Eye" airs
3-Apr 2019 Royal Hawaiian Laguna Beach Reopens
4-Apr 1989 Robert Thornton dies
5-Apr 1722 Capt Jacob Roggeveen arrives in Easter Island
5-Apr 1980 Final "Hawaii Five-0" airs
6-Apr 1965 He Ke Lau Chicopee opens
6-Apr 2018 He Ke Lau Chicopee closes
10-Apr 1911 Martin Denny born
10-Apr 1962 Mai Kai Theater Livonia MI opens
10-Apr 1991 Natalie Schafer, Gilligan's "Mrs Howell" dies
12-Apr 2019 First AZ Tiki Oasis
13-Apr 1904 Edgar Leeteg born
13-Apr 1958 Trader Vic's NY Savoy opens
13-Apr 2017 TikiCat Kansas City opens
14-Apr 1913 Lewis VanDercar born
14-Apr 1995 Sandy Warner dies
14-Apr 2007 Don ho dies
15-Apr 1908 eden ahbez born
15-Apr 2011 First Mojave Oasis
15-Apr 2018 Don the Beachcomber Huntington Beach closes
17-Apr 1967 Final "Gilligan's Island" airs
18-Apr 2002 Thor Heyerdahl dies
20-Apr 1919 Frank Walls born
20-Apr National Pineapple Upside Down Cake Day
21-Apr 1962 Seattle Worlds Fair opens
22-Apr 2006 Forbidden Island Alameda opens
22-Apr 2011 Eldon Davis dies
26-Apr 1906 Bobby Butago born
28-Apr 1947 Kon Tiki sails from Peru
28-Apr 1961 Tiki Ti opens
29-Apr 1959 Hilo Hut Palm Springs opens
30-Apr 2021 Hugman's Oasis San Antonio opens
1-May 1940 Don the Beachcomber Chicago opens
1-May Lei Day (Hawaii)
1-May National Luau Month
2-May 1929 Jack Thornton born
2-May International Scurvy Awareness Day
4-May 1911 Francis Cabang born
5-May 1949 Pago Pago Tucson opens
6-May 1966 First Official Aloha Friday
8-May 1903 Paul Gauguin dies
9-May 1886 Facundo Bacardi dies
9-May 1930 Leland Henry born
9-May 2008 First Tiki Caliente Palm Springs
13-May 1942 Skipper Kent's Zombie Village opens
13-May 2015 Robert Drasnin dies
13-May World Cocktail Day
15-May Straw Hat Day
16-May 1994 Milan Guanko dies
20-May 1959 Lanai San Mateo opens
21-May 1963 Hawaiian Luau Fontainbleau Hotel opens New Orleans
26-May 1937 Don the Beachcomber Hollywood opens
26-May Lamprey Appreciation Day
1-Jun 1984 Moon Lueg dies
4-Jun 1862 Tonga Emancipation
4-Jun 2017 Wesley Herron dies
6-Jun 1925 William Westenhaver born
7-Jun 1848 Paul Gauguin born
7-Jun 1989 Ernest Gantt dies
7-Jun 2015 Moai barge sunk, Deerfield Beach, Florida
8-Jun 2018 Lost Lake Chicago opens
8-Jun National "Name Your Poison" Day
9-Jun 1957 Dan Blanding dies
9-Jun National Gin Day
11-Jun Kamehameha Day (Hawaii)
14-Jun 1928 Bill Sapp born
14-Jun 1959 The Grass Shack burns down
14-Jun National Bourbon Day
15-Jun 1941 Tropics Detroit opens
15-Jun 1971 Kon Tiki Waikiki opens
15-Jun 1990 George Nakashima dies
15-Jun 2022 Kanaloa Houston closes
17-Jun 1960 Clifton's Pacific Seas closes
17-Jun 2022 Leroy Schmaltz dies
18-Jun 1906 Milan Guanko born
18-Jun 2022 Tiki Tango Atlanta closes
19-Jun 1910 Joe Scialom born
20-Jun 1960 Ren Clark's Polynesian Village opens
21-Jun 1928 Herb Kane born
21-Jun Summer Solstice
22-Jun 2020 Tarantula Tiki Ft Worth opens
23-Jun 1928 August Holland born
23-Jun 1960 Samoa restaurant Cocoa Beach opens
23-Jun 1963 Enchanted Tiki Room opens
24-Jun 1961 Royal Tahitian Ontario opens
25-Jun 1956 Oceanic Arts opens
27-Jun 1969 Tur Maikai Kalamazoo opens
27-Jun National Pineapple Day
29-Jun 1969 The Hawaiian restaurant Long Beach closes
30-Jun National Mai Tai Day
3-Jul 1935 "Hawaii Calls" radio show first broadcast
3-Jul 1962 Mainlander restaurant St Louis opens
3-Jul 1989 Jim Backus dies
4-Jul 1958 Islands Phoenix opens
4-Jul Independence Day US
5-Jul 1937 Spam production begins
7-Jul 1929 Ben Wilson born
10-Jul 1961 Pub Tiki Philadelphia open s 10-Jul National Pina Colada Day
11-Jul 1961 Tahitian Village Downey opens
11-Jul National Mojito Day
11-Jul World Rum Day
13-Jul 1961 Kona Kai Philadelphia opens
13-Jul 1970 Bud Bachtold dies
14-Jul 2018 Four Kahunas Arlington opens
14-Jul National Grand Marnier Day
15-Jul 1958 Cinerama "South Seas Adventure" premiers
15-Jul 1965 Tahiti Lounge at the Tiki Motor Inn Lake George NY opens
15-Jul 1966 Hop Louie's Latitude 20 Torrence opens
15-Jul Orange Chicken Day
19-Jul 1957 Christian's Hut Honolulu opens
19-Jul 2002 First Hukilau Atlanta
19-Jul National Daiquiri Day
22-Jul National Mango Day
23-Jul 1959 Tiki Jo restaurant Santa Monica opens
25-Jul 1953 Beverly Hills Luau opens
28-Jul 1955 The Hawaiian resturant Long Beach opens
29-Jul 1960 Ports O'Call Dallas opens
31-Jul 1970 Black Tot Day
31-Jul 2013 Three Dots and a Dash Chicago opens
31-Jul 2022 Royal Hawaiian Laguna Beach closes
4-Aug 1965 Cook Islands become self governing
6-Aug 1962 Kon Tiki Ports Chicago opens
7-Aug 1947 Kon Tiki arrives Tuamotu Islands
8-Aug 1958 The Reef restaurant Long Beach opens
11-Aug 1955 Trader Vic's Beverly Hills Hilton opens
12-Aug 1907 Mariano Licudine born
12-Aug 1921 Wallace Turnbow born
12-Aug 1967 Mauna Loa Detroit open
13-Aug 1930 Don Ho born
15-Aug 1945 VJ Day
16-Aug 1963 Benny Chan's Polynesian Salt Lake City open
16-Aug National Rum Day
17-Aug 1877 Bill McCoy born
17-Aug National Thrift Store Day
18-Aug 2001 First Tiki Oasis Palm Springs
18-Aug International Mermaid Day
19-Aug 1933 Debra Paget born
21-Aug 1959 Hawaiian statehood
22-Aug 1950 Kowloon opens Saugus MA
22-Aug 1965 Trader Vic's NY Plaza opens
23-Aug 1965 Kon Tiki Ports Cincinnati opens
24-Aug 1890 Duke Kahanamoku born
25-Aug 1957 Polynesian Restaurant Torrance opens
25-Aug 2000 Kahiki Columbus OH closes
27-Aug 1955 Sven Kristen born
29-Aug 2012 Hale Pele Portland opens
29-Aug Chop Suey Day
30-Aug Trader Vic's Mai Tai Day
1-Sep 2022 The Lost Inferno San Clemente opens
1-Sep National Papaya Month
2-Sep 2005 Bob Denver dies
2-Sep World Coconut Day
3-Sep 2016 False Idol San Diego opens
4-Sep 2012 Wayne Coombs dies
4-Sep National Macadamia Nut Day
8-Sep 1865 Girolamo Luxardo dies
11-Sep 2018 Inferno Room Indianapolis opens
12-Sep 1981 Eli Hedley dies
13-Sep 1922 Yma Sumac born
16-Sep 1975 Papua New Guinea Independence Day
18-Sep 1945 Tonga Room opens
18-Sep 2009 First Luau at the Lake, Lake George NY
19-Sep International Talk Like a Pirate Day
20-Sep 1968 First "Hawaii Five-0"
20-Sep National Rum Punch Day
22-Sep 1972 Brady Bunch "Cursed Tiki" first airs
22-Sep 2015 Leland Henry dies
26-Sep 1918 Harry Yee born
26-Sep 1959 Kon Tiki Portland opens
26-Sep 1964 First "Gilligan's Island" airs
26-Sep 1967 "I Dream of Jeannie" travels to Hawaii
27-Sep 1966 Trader Vic's St Paul opens
29-Sep 1784 Girolamo Luxardo born
29-Sep 1972 Brady Bunch "Pass the Tabu" first airs
30-Sep 1999 Ray Buhen dies
1-Oct 1971 Disney's Polynesian Village Resort opens
1-Oct 1996 Bobby Butago dies
4-Oct 2022 Tatsu Tiki-ya Austin opens
5-Oct 1962 Mauna Loa Hollywood opens
5-Oct 1977 Webley Edwards dies
6-Oct 1914 Thor Heyerdahl born
6-Oct 1972 Brady Bunch "The Tiki Caves" first airs
7-Oct 1959 First episode of "Hawaiian Eye"
8-Oct Lotu-a-Tamaiti (Samoa)
10-Oct 1914 Louis Armet born
10-Oct 1966 Gilligan's Island "Voodoo" first airs
10-Oct National Vodka Day
10-Oct Fiji Day
11-Oct 1965 Explorer East Syracuse opens
11-Oct 1981 Louis Armet dies
11-Oct 1984 Trader Vic dies
12-Oct 1870 Dr Johann Siegert dies
12-Oct 1963 Polynesian Cultural Center opens
12-Oct 2018 Omni Hut closes, Smyrna TN
14-Oct 1814 Facundo Bacardi born
16-Oct National Liqueur Day
17-Oct 1970 Scooby Doo "A Tiki Scare is no Fair" first airs
18-Oct 1938 Dawn Wells born
19-Oct 1911 George Cates born
23-Oct 2016 Jungle Bird opens, Sacramento
24-Oct 1963 Bali Hai Northport NY opens
26-Oct 1962 Hawaiian Room Emerson Hotel opens
28-Oct 1835 Maori Declaration of Independence
28-Oct 1949 Wayne Coombs born
31-Oct 1903 Eli Hedley born
1-Nov 2008 Yma Sumac dies
5-Nov 1900 Natalie Schafer, Gilligan's "Mrs Howell" born
6-Nov 1956 Kon Tiki Palm Springs opens
7-Nov 1894 Don Blanding born
7-Nov 2016 The Grass Skirt San Diego opens
8-Nov 1935 Mutiny on the Bounty movie released
9-Nov 1909 Ray Buhen born
10-Nov 1924 Russell Johns, Gilligan's "Professor" born
11-Nov 1902 Webley Edwards born
11-Nov Veteran's Day
12-Nov 2016 New Clifton's Pacific Seas opens
14-Nov 1924 William Krisel born
15-Nov 2018 Kanaloa Houston opens
17-Nov 1927 Robert Drasnin born
17-Nov 1934 Hinky Dinks opens
17-Nov 1961 Aloha Jhoe's Palm Springs opens
18-Nov 1954 Tropics, Dayton OH opens
18-Nov 1960 Mr Magoo shipwrecked in "Robinson Crusoe Magoo"
19-Nov 1961 Michael Rockerfeller eaten in PNG
20-Nov 1905 Frank Bowers born
21-Nov 1961 Tahitian Pasadena opens
21-Nov 1996 Andres Bumatay dies
22-Nov 1796 Dr Johann Siegert born
23-Nov 1923 Bill McCoy arrested for Prohibition rum running
24-Nov 1980 Mariano Licudine dies
24-Nov 2021 Oceanic Arts Whittier closes
27-Nov 1935 The Tropics Beverly Hills opens
1-Dec 1962 Don the Beachcomber Las Vegas opens
2-Dec 1953 Kalua Room Windsor Hotel Seattle opens
2-Dec 1962 Marina Lanai Apts Seal Beach open
4-Dec 2008 Frankie's Las Vegas opens
4-Dec King Tupou I Day (Tonga)
5-Dec 1933 Repeal Day
5-Dec 1933 Don's Beachcomber Café opens in Hollywood
5-Dec 1963 Trader Vic's St Louis opens
5-Dec 1964 Gilligan's "Waiting for Watubi" Tiki episode first airs
7-Dec 1913 Charles Ward dies
7-Dec 1941 Attack on Pearl Harbor
7-Dec 2022 Harry Yee dies
8-Dec 2009 Smuggler's Cove San Francisco opens
10-Dec 1902 Victor Bergeron born
10-Dec 1969 Trader Vic's Detroit opens
11-Dec 1964 Frank Bowers dies
13-Dec 1963 Lin Fa Mai Tai Room Terra Linda CA opens
13-Dec National Bartender Day (1st Friday December)
14-Dec 2016 William Westenhaver dies
14-Dec 2019 Restoration of Tiki Bob San Francisco
15-Dec 1988 Lewis VanDercar dies
18-Dec 1931 Andres Bumatay born
18-Dec 1940 Trader Vic Waikiki opens
18-Dec National Roast Pig Day
21-Dec Winter Solstice
24-Dec 1959 South Pacific Hallandale opens
24-Dec Christmas Eve
25-Dec 1733 Molasses Act alters rum history
25-Dec Christmas
26-Dec 1939 Monte Proser's Beachcomber NY opens
28-Dec 1944 Club Zombie Cleveland opens
28-Dec 1956 Mai Kai opens
29-Dec 1974 Beatles break up Disney Polynesian Village
30-Dec 1920 Jack Lord born
30-Dec 1948 Bill McCoy dies
30-Dec 1995 Pete Wemberly dies
31-Dec 1954 Skipper Kent's Polynesian Village opens
31-Dec 2022 Trader Vic's London closes
31-Dec New Year's Eve

[ Edited by MadDogMike on 2023-01-18 11:53:58 ]

22-Nov 1961 The film "Blue Hawaii" premieres

Thanks Arriano, I added it to my master list for next year.

Now that we're into April, should I finally take down last year's calendar?

Hame, I'm sorry but I never got around to doing one this year :(