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December 23, 2007 8:24 am > MAUI TODAY, > Maui Yesterdays |
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Roots Day
HAWAIIAN WORD OF THE DAY — Ma‘i a hulau: Plague HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY — “The dust that runs after one like a person.”
FULL MOON TODAY: 3:16 pm
Today thru December 30th:
Maui Film Festival’s First Light Screenings
December 23rd, 1912:
Ships from the ports of Oahu, Kahului and Hilo arriving in San Francisco are fumigated because three people in the past week have died of the bubonic plague on the Big Island. The fumigation continues for the next two months for every ship originating in Hawaii. In two instances, passengers with colds are quarantined just in case.
HISTORICAL EVENTS ON THIS DAY –
December 23rd
- 1672: Giovanni Cassini discovers Rhea, a satellite of Saturn
- 1690: John Flamsteed discovers Uranus without
- 1776: The Continental Congress negotiates a war loan of $181,500 from France
- 1776: Thomas Paine writes “These are the times that try men’s souls”
- 1779: Benedict Arnold is court-martialed for improper conduct
- 1823: “Visit from St Nicholas” by Clement Moore is first published
- 1867: Sarah Breedlove is first woman acknowledged as a self-made millionairess
- 1920: Ireland is divided into 2 parts, each with its own parliament
- 1970: Construction of the World Trade Center Towers tops out 110-stories
- 1972: An earthquake destroys central Managua, Nicaragua
- 1983: The journal “Science” publishes the first report on the probability of a nuclear winter resulting from atomic warfare
BORN ON THIS DAY – December 23rd
- 1597: Martin Opitz, German poet
- 1777: Alexander I, tsar of Russia
- 1805: Joseph Smith Jr, found Mormon church
- 1911: James Gregory, actor
- 1918: Jose Greco, flamenco dancer
- 1926: Robert Bly, poet/editor/translator
- 1931: Ronnie Schell, comedian
- 1935: Paul Hornung, NFL football player
- 1941: Tim Hardin, singer
- 1943: Harry Shearer, comedian
- 1945: Ronald Bushy, rocker
- 1947: Bill Rodgers, marathon runner
- 1955: Dave Murray, heavy metal rocker
- 1971: Corey Haim, , actor
- 1978: Estella Warren, actress
