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The Honolulu Star-Bulletin published the first Extra Edition after the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. The Honolulu Star-Bulletin was founded in 1882 by J. W. Robertson and Company as the Evening Bulletin. In 1912 it merged with the Hawaiian Star to become the Honolulu Star-Bulletin. Wallace Rider Farrington, who later became Governor of Hawaii, was the editor of the newspaper from 1898 and the president and publisher from 1912 until his death. His son Joseph Rider FarringtonTIME Magazine on December 22, 1947. Joseph Rider Farrington ( October 15, 1897 — June 19, 1954) was an American statesman who served in the United States Congress as delegate for the Territory of Hawai'i. Education and Military Career Farrington was born succeeded him and served as president and publisher until his own death in 1954Events January events January 14 The Hudson Motor Car Company merges with Nash-Kelvinator forming the American Motors Corporation January 14 Marilyn Monroe weds Joe DiMaggio. January 15 Mau Mau leader Waruhiu Itote is captured in Kenya January 20 The Nati. From 1962Events January January 1 Western Samoa becomes independent from New Zealand January 3 Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro January 4 New York City introduces a train that operates without a crew on-board January 8 Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa is e it was owned by a local group of investors led by Elizabeth P. FarringtonMary Elizabeth Pruett Farrington ( May 30, 1898 — July 21, 1984), usually called Elizabeth P. Farrington was publisher of the Honolulu Star-Bulletin and an American statesman who served as delegate to the United States Congress for the Territory of Hawai' and entered a joint operating agreementA joint operating agreement in the sense of this article is an arrangment whereby two daily newspapers published in the same city or geographic area find it convenient to operate certain business aspects together. This is not usually considered to be viol with the Honolulu Advertiser that shared printing and advertising functions.
Gannett Pacific Corporation, a subsidiary of Gannett Corporation and owner of the Honolulu Advertiser, purchased the Honolulu Star-Bulletin in 19711971 is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). Events January January 1 British divorce Reform Act comes into force January 2 66 die in stairway crush at Rangers v Celtic football match, Glasgow, Scotland. See Ibrox disaster. Janua. In 1993, Gannett sold the afternoon edition to Liberty Newspapers in favor of the Honolulu Advertiser, the only afternoon edition newspaper Gannett owned nationwide. The Honolulu Star-Bulletin's circulation declined dramatically. Continued financial problems led to a decision by Liberty in September 1999 to close the Honolulu Star-Bulletin the following month. The decision was met with fierce resistance in the community and lawsuits were filed against Liberty and Gannett by the state and citizens' groups. The shutdown was postponed with an injunction by a federal district judge two weeks before the scheduled date of closure.