What is Hawaii's statehood date?

Answer 1

The celebration was all because of this: At approximately 10:04 in the morning (Hawaii Standard Time), the U.S. House of Representatives voted 323 to 89 in favor of granting statehood to Hawaii. As the Honolulu Star-Bulletin pointedly observed, "Congress ended decades of procrastination today and sent to the White House a bill to give the Statehood it has so long deserved."

Five months later, on August 21, President Dwight D. Eisenhower made it official, signing the proclamation that welcomed Hawaii as the 50th state of the union. Hawaii had been annexed to the United States in 1898 and became a territory two years later.

Local historians say that it wasn't until Pearl Harbor was attacked in 1941 that people on the U.S. mainland fully recognized the importance of Hawaii to the rest of the country. It was 48 years ago, on August 21, 1959, that Hawaii became the 50th state in the Union.

Answer 2

A referendum was held on 27 June 1959. Statehood was chosen over Territorial status by 17 out of every 18 voters.

Answer 3

Hawaii was the 50th State to join the Union on 21 August 1959.

Answer 4

On 21 August 1959.