Statehood Day (Hawaii)

Statehood Day or Admission Day is a legal holiday in the state of Hawaii in the United States. It is celebrated annually on the third Friday in August to commemorate the anniversary of the state's 1959 admission to the Union. It was first celebrated in 1969.^[1]

Hawaii Statehood Day
Also called	Admission Day
Observed by	Hawaii
Significance	Admission of Hawaii into the Union
Date	Third Friday in August
2024 date	August 16  (2024-08-16)
2025 date	August 15  (2025-08-15)
2026 date	August 21  (2026-08-21)
2027 date	August 20  (2027-08-20)
Frequency	annual
Related to	Independence Day

Statehood bills for Hawaii were introduced into the U.S. Congress as early as 1919 by Prince Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole, the non-voting delegate sent by the Territory of Hawaii to the U.S. Congress. Additional bills were introduced in 1935, 1947 and 1950. In 1959, the U.S. Congress approved the statehood bill, the Hawaii Admission Act. This was followed by a referendum in which Hawaiian residents voted 94% in support of statehood (the ballot question was: "Shall Hawaii immediately be admitted into the Union as a state?"), and on August 21, 1959 (the third Friday in August), President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed a proclamation making Hawaii the 50th state.

See also

• List of U.S. states by date of admission to the Union