Calvin Coolidge was born in Plymouth Notch on July 4, 1872 the only president born on Independence Day! He spent his boyhood here, left for college (Amherst, MA), and became a lawyer and politician in Massachusetts.
Kalapana, Big Island. Kalapana (see more photos), located in the Big Island's Puna District, was once a thriving fishing village.alapana, Big Island. Kalapana (see more photos), located in the Big Island's Puna District, was once a thriving fishing village.
Kamehameha the Great, who unified the Hawaiian Islands under one king for the first time in 1810, is believed to have been born in the Big Islandâs North Kohala area. Captain James Cook, who is widely considered to be the first European to set foot in the Hawaiian Islands, was killed at Konaâs Kealakekua Bay in 1779.