Superferry Delays Again
November 27, 2007 1:16 am > MAUI TODAY, > Maui Yesterdays, > Superferry |
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Martyr’s Day (Cuba)
HAWAIIAN WORD OF THE DAY — Malakile: Martyr HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY — “A man from the top of the cliff.”
Yesterday: Hawaii Superferry relaunch is delayed again due to Kahului Harbor repairs. Read more in the Honolulu Advertiser …
November 27, 2005: State Sen. J. Kalani English has paid a $1,000 fine but admitted no wrongdoing as part of a settlement with the Hawaii State Ethics Commission over free flights and other gifts he accepted from a private air ambulance company in 2002. Read more in the Maui News …
November 27, 1973: The U.S. Senate voted 92-3 to confirm Gerald R. Ford as vice president, succeeding Spiro T. Agnew, who’d resigned while under a criminal investigation. Ford would become president two years later when Richard Nixon resigned under threat of imepachment.
BORN TODAY - November 27th
1701: Anders Celsius, scientist/inventor
1804: Sir Julius Benedict, opera composer
1865: Jose Asuncion Silva, poet
1909: James Agee, American writer
1912: David Merrick, Broadway producer
1917: “Buffalo” Bob Smith, TV host (The Howdy Doody Show)
1921: Alexander Dubcek, headed Czech Communist Party
1925: Ernie Wise, England, comedian
1925: Marshall Thompson, actor
1925: Michael Tolan, actor
1932: Benigno Aquino Jr, Philippine opposition leader
1937: Gail Sheehy, writer
1940: Bruce Lee, actor/martial arts expert
1942: Jimi Hendrix, rock guitarist
1944: Eddie Rabbitt, country singer
1945: Barbara Anderson, actress
1951: Jayne Kennedy, sportscaster/actress
1952: J D Wetherbee, Lt Cmdr USN/astronaut
1954: Curtis Armstrong, actor
1954: Patricia McPherson, actress
1957: Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg, JFK’s daughter
1959: Charlie Burchill, rock musician
1961: Princess, rock musician
1962: Calvin Hayes, rock musician
1962: Charlie Benante, Bronx NY, rock drummer
1965: Fiachna O’Broanain, rock musician
1976: Jaleel White, actor
