January 1961 For additional info go to Tiki Central General Tiki On This Day in Tiki History Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 New Year s Day 8 9 Drink straw patented 1888 10 11 12 13 14 Marvin Chin born 1924 Kon Tiki movie Released 1950 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 George Pete Wimberly born 1914 Hot Buttered Rum Day Capt James Cook arrives in Hawaii 1778 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Kon Tiki Tucson Opens 1962
February 1961 For additional info go to Tiki Central General Tiki On This Day in Tiki History Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 3 4 Arthur Lyman born 1933 Eldon Davis Born 1917 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Moon Lueg born 1908 12 13 14 Stephen Crane born 1916 Ports O Call Long Beach opens 1961 15 16 17 18 Death of James Cook Hawaii 1779 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 The Tahitian Studio City opens 1959 Kahiki opens 1961 President s Day Alka Seltzer introduced 1931 Waikiki Minneapolis opens 1953 Ernest Gantt (Don the Beachcomber) born 1907 26 27 28
March 1961 For additional info go to Tiki Central General Tiki On This Day in Tiki History Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 3 4 5 Don the Beachcomber Palm Springs opens 1953 6 7 8 9 10 11 Trade Winds Oxnard opens 1964 National Absinthe Day 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Les Baxter born 1922 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 South Pacific movie released 1958 26 27 28 29 30 31 The Traders Chicago opens 1957 George Nakashime Born 1924
April 1961 For additional info go to Tiki Central General Tiki On This Day in Tiki History Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 3 4 5 Capt Jacob Roggeveen arrives in Easter Island 1722 6 7 8 9 10 Martin Denny born 1911 11 12 13 Edgar Leeteg born 1904 Trader Vic s NY Savoy opens 1958 14 15 eden ahbez born 1908 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Seattle World s Fair opens 1962 23 24 25 26 27 28 30 Kon Tiki sails from Peru 1947 Tiki Ti opens 1961 29
May 1961 For additional info go to Tiki Central General Tiki On This Day in Tiki History Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 3 4 5 6 Don the Beachcomber Chicago opens 1940 Lei Day (Hawaii) Last episode of Hawaiian Eye airs 1963 7 Mother s Day 8 9 Leland Henry born 1930 10 11 12 13 World Cocktail Day Skipper Kent s Zombie Village opens 1942 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Lanai San Mateo opens 1959 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Don the Beachcomber Hollywood opens 1937 28 29 30 31 Memorial Day
June 1961 For additional info go to Tiki Central General Tiki On This Day in Tiki History Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 William Westerhaven born 1925 Paul Gauguin born 1848 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Kamehameha Day (Hawaii) Flag Day Bill Sapp born 18 19 20 21 22 23August Holland 24 Milan Guanko born 1906 Father s Day Ren Clark s Polynesian Village opens 1960 born 1928, Samoa Cocoa Beach opens 1960, Enchanted Tiki Room opens 1963 Royal Tahitian Ontario opens 1961 25 26 27 28 29 30 Oceanic Arts opens 1956 Tur MaiKai Kalamazoo 1969 National Pineapple Day National Mai Tai Day
July 1961 For additional info go to Tiki Central General Tiki On This Day in Tiki History Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 3 Hawaii Calls first broadcast 1935 Mainlander St Louis opens 1962 4 Islands Phoenix opens 1958 Independence Day 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 National Pina Colada Day Tahitian Village Downey opens 1961 National Mojito Day Kona Kai Philadelphia opens 1961 Hop Louie s Latitude 20 Torrence opens 1966 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 National Daiquiri Day 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 Tiki-Joe s Santa Monica opens 1959 Beverly Hills Luau Opens 1953 The Hawaiian Long Beach opens 1955 Ports O Call Dallas opens 1960 30 31
August 1961 For additional info go to Tiki Central General Tiki On This Day in Tiki History Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Kon Tiki Ports Chicago opens 1962 Kon Tiki arrives Tuamotu Islands 1947 The Reef Long Beach opens 1958 Traders Beverly Hill Hilton opens 1955 Wallace Turnbow born 1921 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Don Ho born 1930 V-J Day 1945 Mauna Loa Detroit opens 1967 Benny Chang s Polynesian Salt Lake City opens 1963 National Rum Day 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Hawaii statehood 1959 Kowloon Saugus MA opens 1950 Trader Vic s NY Plaza opens 1965 Kon Tiki Ports Cincinnati opens 1965 Duke Kahanamoku born 1890 27 28 29 30 31 Sven Kirsten born 1955
September 1961 For additional info go to Tiki Central General Tiki On This Day in Tiki History Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Labor Day 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Yma Sumac born- 1922 21 22 23 Tonga Room opens 1945 National Rum Punch Day 24 25 26 Creation of the Trader Vic s Mai Tai 1944 Kon Tiki Portland opens 1959 27 28 29 30
October 1961 For additional info go to Tiki Central General Tiki On This Day in Tiki History Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Thor Heyerdahl born 1914 First Episode of Hawaiian Eye 1959 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Columbus Day Louis Armet born 1914 Explorer East Syracuse opens 1965 Polynesian Cultural Center opens 1963 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Wayne Coombs born 1949 Eli Hedley born 1903 Halloween
November 1961 For additional info go to Tiki Central General Tiki On This Day in Tiki History Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Don Blanding born 1894 Mutiny of the Bounty movie released 1935 Ray Buhen born 1909 Veteran s Day Webley Edwards born 1902 12 13 14 15 16 17 Robert Drasnin born 1927 Hinky Dinks 1934 Aloha Jhoe s 1961 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Charles McKirahan born 1919 The Tahitian Pasadena opens 1961 The Polynesian Torrence opens 1957 Thanksgiving 26 27 28 29 30 The Tropics, Beverly Hills opens 1935
December 1961 For additional info go to Tiki Central General Tiki On This Day in Tiki History Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 3 4 5 Prohibition Repealed 1933 Don s Beachcomber Café opens 1933 6 7 Attack on Pearl Harbor 1941 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Victor Trader Vic Bergeron born 1902 17 18 Trader Vic s 24 25 Waikiki opens 1940 Andres Bumatay born 1931 19 20 21 22 23 26 27 28 29 30 Christmas Mai Kai opens 1956 Jack Lord born 1920 31 Skipper Kent s Polynesian Village 1954 New Year s Eve
January 1962 For additional info go to Tiki Central General Tiki On This Day in Tiki History Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 3 4 5 6 New Year s Day Drink straw Patented 1888 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Marvin Chin born 1924 Kon Tiki movie Released 1950 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 George Pete Wimberly born 1914 Hot Buttered Rum Day Capt James Cook arrives in Hawaii 1778 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Kon Tiki Tucson opens 1962 31