1. In 1872, American businessman and pineapple pioneer James Dole was born in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. He later moved to Hawaii and founded the Hawaiian Pineapple Company, which became the world's largest producer and marketer of canned pineapple.

2. On March 28, 1943, the Battle of the Komandorski Islands took place off the coast of Alaska during World War II. The battle was fought between the United States and Japan and resulted in a strategic victory for the U.S. Navy.

3. In 1965, the first human-to-human kidney transplant was performed in Hawaii. The surgery was carried out at Queen's Medical Center in Honolulu by Dr. John S. Najarian and his team.

4. On March 28, 1986, the Hawaii Supreme Court ruled that the state's ban on same-sex marriage was constitutional. This decision was later overturned in 2013 when Hawaii legalized same-sex marriage.

5. In 1999, Hawaiian surfer Laird Hamilton rode what is believed to be the largest wave ever surfed at the time. The wave was estimated to be over 80 feet tall and was surfed at the famous surf spot known as "Jaws" on the island of Maui.