March 26 is Prince Kūhiō Day in Hawai’i commemorating the birth in 1871 of Prince Jonah Kūhiō Kalaniana’ole, King of Hawai’i until it was overthrown in 1893 by a group of American and European businessmen. He later became a territorial delegate to the United States Congress.

As a delegate, Kūhiō authored the first Hawaii Statehood bill in 1919. He also won passage of the Hawaiian Homes Act, creating the Hawaiian Homes Commission and setting aside 200,000 acres (810 km²) of land for Hawaiian homesteaders.

Despite Kūhiō’s wishes, the Act contained high blood-quantum requirements and leased land instead of granting it fee-simple, creating a perpetual government institution.

Kūhiō died on January 7, 1922. His body was interred near his royal family at the Royal Mausoleum known as Mauna ʻAla on the island of Oʻahu.