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Events on Monday 30 April 1900 1
1900Hawaii Organic Act establishes territorial governmentHawaii formally organized as a United States territoryPresident William McKinley signed the Hawaii Organic Act, establishing a formal territorial government for the islands annexed two years earlier. The act granted United States citizenship to Hawaiian residents and created a territorial legislature. Sanford Dole became the first territorial governor.