Kamehameha Day falls on 11 June. It is a public holiday in Hawai'i, the 50th state of the United States. Kamehamaha Day honours King Kamehameha the Great, the Hawaiian monarch that unified the islands of Hawai'i, creating the Kingdom of Hawai'i.
Aviation: Hawaiian to Launch First Nonstop Flight to US East Coast
Hawaiian Airlines will launch non stop flights linking Honolulu with New York in summer 2012, the first regularly scheduled serving linking Hawaii with US East Coast