Hawaii's Admission Birth Card: The 5 of Clubs

How the card is assigned

Hawaii (HI) entered the Table 1 record on August 21, 1959. Card Blueprints uses August 21 — month and day only — and the public D1 birth-card rule (December 31 is the Joker). The year 1959 is unused.

Coordinate: the 5 of Clubs. Live card page (Next.js origin): /birth-card/5-of-clubs.

Hawaii's place in the admission record

CRS R47747 Table 1 lists Hawaii at number 50 of 50. Alaska entered the same year, at number 49. No state follows it in the table. Alaska also enters the table in 1959, so 1959 carries 2 of the 50 dates.

Order in Table 1

50 of 50

Date kind

Admission — admission became effective on this date

Date used

August 21, 1959

Month and day used

August 21 (the year 1959 is unused)

Solar value

55 − (2 × 8 + 21) = 18

Coordinate

5 of Clubs — Calendar coordinate only — month and day map to this card. Year is unused. Not a fortune-telling reading.

States sharing August 21

none

Wikidata inception (P571)

1959-08-21

Hawaii on the record

Hawaii ( hə-WY-ee; Hawaiian: Hawaiʻi [həˈvɐjʔi, həˈwɐjʔi]) is an island state of the United States, in the Pacific Ocean about 2,000 miles (3,200 km) southwest of the U.S. mainland. One of the two non-contiguous U.S. states (along with Alaska), it is the only state not on the North American mainland, the only state that is an archipelago, the only state south of the Tropic of Cancer, one of only two states, along with Florida, with regions that have a tropical climate, and one of the two U.S. states, along with Texas, that were internationally recognized sovereign countries before becoming U.S. states. Hawaii consists of 137 volcanic islands that make up almost the entire Hawaiian archipelago (the exception is Midway Atoll). Spanning 1,500 miles (2,400 km), the state is physiographically and ethnologically part of the Polynesian subregion of Oceania. Hawaii's ocean coastline is consequently the fourth-longest in the U.S., at about 750 miles (1,210 km). The eight main islands, from northwest to southeast, are Niʻihau, Kauaʻi, Oʻahu, Molokaʻi, Lānaʻi, Kahoʻolawe, Maui, and Hawaiʻi, after which the state is named; the last is often called the "Big Island" or "Hawaiʻi Island" to avoid confusion with the state or archipelago. The uninhabited Northwestern Hawaiian Islands make up most of the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument, the largest protected area in the U.S. and the fourth-largest in the world. Of the 50 U.S. states, Hawaii is the eighth-smallest in land area and the 11th-least populous; but with 1.4 million residents, it ranks 13th in population density. Two-thirds of Hawaii residents live on Oʻahu, home to the state's capital and largest city, Honolulu. Hawaii is one of the most demographically diverse U.S. states, owing to its location in the central Pacific and over two centuries of migration. As one of nine majority-minority states, it has the only Asian American plurality, the largest Buddhist community, and largest proportion of multiracial people in the U.S. Consequently, Hawaii is a unique melting pot of North American and East Asian cultures, in addition to its indigenous Hawaiian heritage. Settled by Polynesians sometime between 1000 and 1200 CE, Hawaii was home to numerous independent chiefdoms. In 1778, British explorer James Cook was the first known non-Polynesian to arrive at the archipelago; early British influence is reflected in the state flag, which bears a Union Jack.

Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article Hawaii (CC BY-SA 4.0). Nothing here was written for this page beyond that article; the admission date itself comes from CRS R47747, not Wikipedia.

States that share August 21

No other state shares this month and day on the CRS table.

Other states on the 5 of Clubs

• Virginia — 5 of Clubs

FAQ

What date does Hawaii use?

August 21, 1959 — the CRS R47747 Table 1 admission date. Month and day assign the card; the year is unused.

What is Hawaii's admission birth card?

The 5 of Clubs. That is a coordinate on the Card Blueprints calendar, not a fortune-telling claim about the state.

Where do the dates come from?

Primary: CRS R47747 Table 1. Secondary: Wikipedia’s list of U.S. states by date of admission. Optional Wikidata P571 matched the CRS day for every state QID used here.

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