Hawaii: Today in History 10/15

10-15-1979 Birthdate of Mahana Ka’ahumanu Walters, Miss Hawaii Teen USA (3rd-1997) Kapumahana Kaokinaahumanu Walters is a member of the House of Keoua Nui along with her mother Owana Salazar who is the pretending Kuhina Nui or cole ruler along with her brother Kalokuokamaile III, the Aliokinai Nui (ranking one). She is a claimant princess of the Kingdom of Hawaii. Her claim derives through her maternal great-great grandmother Theresa Owana Laanui who was great-great-great granddaughter of Keoua Kalanikupuapaikalaninui the father of king Kamehameha the Great. [http://www.4dw.net/royalark/Hawaii/wilcox.htm] Her father was Mr. Ronald Walters, the first husband of her mother mother, Owana. Her younger half-brother, Prince Noa, is her mother’s only son.Princess Kapumahana Kaahumanu was the step-great-great-great-great-grandniece of Queen Kaahumanu due to her great-great-great-great grandfather, Gideon Peleioholani Laanui’s marriage to the Queen’s sister Lydia Namahana Pi’ia. Princess Kapumahana Ka’ahumanu Walters was Miss Hawaii Teen USA in 1997.

1906-10-15-1906 Hiram Fong, Honolulu U.S. (Sen-R-Hawaii)  born Yau Leong Fong[1] (October 15, 1906 – August 18, 2004), was an American businessman and politician from Hawaii. He is most notable for his service as Republican United States Senator from 1959 to 1977, and for being the first Asian-American and Chinese American to be elected as such. In 1964, Fong became the first Asian-American to run for his party’s nomination for President of the United States. To date, he is the only Republican to ever hold a Senate seat from Hawaii and was the only Asian-American to seek the presidential nomination of the Republican Party until Bobby Jindal in the 2016 primaries.