Another Day on Maui
December 22, 2007 7:35 am > MAUI TODAY |
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Int’l Arbor Day
HAWAIIAN WORD OF THE DAY — La‘au: Tree HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY — “The branches grow because of the trunk.”
Today thru December 30th: Maui Film Festival’s First Light Screenings
Today, nothing untoward seemed to happen in Maui’s history. The sun shone down on the emerald green valley isle, ringed by 83 beaches. No ship sank, no one was murdered, no one was lost at sea, or on a hike. No one of any importance visited us, and no one of any importance left in a huff. It is one of those days that just is, and you’d better enjoy it while it’s around.For Haole Anna.
HISTORICAL EVENTS ON THIS DAY – December 22nd
- 1877: “American Bicycling Journal” begins publishing
- 1894: French officer Alfred Dreyfus is court-martialed for treason
- 1936: The first common carrier license is issued by the ICC
- 1943: WEB Du Bois is elected as the first African American member of the National Institue of Arts & Letters
- 1990: Lech Walesa is sworn in as Poland’s first popularly elected president
- 2005: Astronomers announced the discovery of two more rings encircling the planet Uranus.
BORN ON THIS DAY – December 22nd
- 1400: Luca della Robbia, sculptor
- 1639: Jean-Baptiste Racine, French dramatist
- 1696: James Oglethorpe, general/author/colonizer of Georgia
- 1727: William Ellery, signer of the Declaration of Independence
- 1858: Giacomo Puccini, composer
- 1901: Andre Kostelanetz, conductor
- 1903: Dr Barbara Moore, walked across U.S. in 86 days in 1960
- 1905: Kenneth Rexroth, poet/critic/translator
- 1907: Peggy Ashcroft, stage actress
- 1912: Claudia “Lady Bird” Johnson, first lady
- 1922: Barbara Billingsley, actress
- 1922: James C Wright Jr, (Rep-D-Texas), Speaker of the House
- 1936: Hector Elizondo, actor
- 1944: Barry Jenkins, rock musician
- 1945: Diane Sawyer, newscaster
- 1949: Maurice Gibb, singer
- 1949: Robin Gibb, singer
- 1950: Rick Nielsen, guitarist/vocalist/keyboardist
- 1960: Chuck Mead, country musician
- 1960: Ralph Fiennes, actor
- 1968: Dina Meyer, actress
- 1974: Heather Donahue, actress
