I got it from this website, which is saying sometime between the 14th and 16th of August.
http://tesibria.typepad.com/whats_your_evidence/
Source of annoucement: In posting that annoucement, the user stated as follows:
“Here’s a copy I made today of the August 14th (could have been the 15th or 16th), 1961 Star Bulletin newspaper showing Obama’s birth announcement stored on microfilm at the Hawaii State Library in Honolulu. I had to enlarge it to the point of losing the top of the page with the date and day in order to make it readable. The microfilm is stored in the basement of the library and was in the box marked Star Bulletin Aug 1, 1961-Aug 16, 1961. ...”
See here (requires registration).
10/27 Update: The Star-Bulletin prints birth announcements directly from the Health Department records. See here (”Each Sunday, the Star-Bulletin publishes Oahu vital statistics for marriage licenses and birth certificates filed with the state Department of Health’s Vital Statistics System.”)
We are awaiting written confirmation, but have received oral confirmation that this practice was in place in 1961.
That’s all I know. Hope it helps.
I agree with some of those above. Why is the newspaper birth announcement of such poor quality? Why does it look like it has been copied a hundred times? Why would anyone want to copy it? Does this make anyone else wonder if it is a plant made by someone who thinks that an old newspaper should look as though it’s been copied a lot? Something’s not right with that article.