Road to Hana
December 16, 2007 7:40 am > MAUI TODAY, > Maui Yesterdays |
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Boston Tea Party
HAWAIIAN WORD OF THE DAY — Ala: Road HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY —“Why shouldn’t I know, when it is a road often traveled by my parents.”
Today thru December 30th: Maui Film Festival’s First Light Screenings
Yesterday, December 15th: Ron Sturtz Memorial Service. Read Maui News article …
December 16th, 1924: What was called the “new extension” of the “Maui Belt Road,” opens, connecting Keanae Peninsula with Hana, making the “Road to Hana” a reality.
The 52-mile journey from Kahului to Hana has 59 bridges, 46 of them are single lane. There are more than 600 curves to negotiate. Each year approximately 1.2 million visitors travel some portion of it. We estimate that 10% of them throw up at some time during the route. Just a guess.
HISTORICAL EVENTS ON THIS DAY – December 16th
1653: Oliver Cromwell becomes the lord protector of England
1689: The English Parliament adopts Bill of Rights
1773: American colonists engage in “Boston Tea Party”
1838: The Boers beat Zulu chieftain Dingaan in South Africa
1905: “Variety,” is first published
1916: Gregory Rasputin, is murdered by a group of noblemen
1922: F.E. Allen becomes first female judge in a state supreme court
1944: The Battle of the Bulge begins in Belgium
1950: Pres. Truman proclaims a state of emergency for “Communist imperialism”
1970: The first successful landing of a spaceprobe on Venus (USSR)
1971: The Pakistan army surrenders to the Indian army in Bangladesh
1990: Jean-Bertrand Aristide is elected president of Haiti
BORN ON THIS DAY – December 16th
1485: Catherine of Aragon
1685: Charles Cressent, cabinetmaker
1770: Ludwig von Beethoven, composer
1775: Jane Austin, novelist
1863: George Santayana, philosopher/poet/humanist
1899: Sir Noel Coward, playwright
1901: Margaret Mead, anthropologist
1917: Arthur C Clarke, sci-fi author
1928: Philip K Dick, sci-fi author
1939: Liv Ullman, actress
1941: Leslie Stahl, news correspondent
1943: Steven Bochco, producer
1943: Tony Hicks, rock musician
1949: Billy Gibbons, jazz guitarist/vocalist
1959: Alison La Placa, actress
