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Martin Luther King, Jr. traveled to Hawaii in September 1959 to enjoy a brief vacation and join in statehood celebrations. The celebrations included appearances before the Honolulu Ministerial Union, Honolulu Council of Churches, Hawaii House of Representatives, a Pearl Harbor tour and, interestingly, a speech to Punahou School students on September 15, 1959.
"To all members and friends of Punahou who stood together during the war years with unshaken faith in their school and their country"
-Charlotte P. Dodge, Class of 1902
A pandemic is defined as “an epidemic occurring worldwide, or over a very wide area, crossing international boundaries and usually affecting a large number of people”. The classical definition includes nothing about population immunity, virology or disease severity.