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Events on Friday 21 August 1959 1
1959Hawaii becomes a U.S. stateAdmitted as the 50th state of the UnionHawaii was formally admitted to the United States as its 50th state, following a territorial referendum in which voters overwhelmingly favored statehood. It was the last state added to the Union. The islands had been a U.S. territory since 1898.