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Hawaii becomes a territory of the United States, with Sanford B. Dole as governor.
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U.S. state
Hawaii is an island state of the United States, in the Pacific Ocean about 2,000 miles (3,200 km) southwest of the U.S. mainland. One of the two non-contiguous U.S. states, it is the only state not on the North American mainland, the only state that is an archipelago, and the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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Organized incorporated territory of the United States, 1900–1959
The Territory of Hawaii or Hawaii Territory was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from April 30, 1900, until August 21, 1959, when most of its territory, excluding Palmyra Island, was admitted to the United States as the 50th US state, the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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