Monarchy’s Last Day

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Day 15 of 2008
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HAWAIIAN WORD OF THE DAY — Kupa’a: Loyalty
PIDGIN WORD OF THE DAY— Latahz: See you later
HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY —
“She is a banana tree well supported by her followers.” 

 Palace Park in Honolulu

January 15, 1893: Officially, this is the last day of the Monarchy for all of Hawaii. Thousands of supporters of Queen Lili’uokalani gather in Palace Square to hear Hawaiian leaders plead with them to remain loyal to the queen. Just a few blocks away, however, foreigners — that would be Americans — are gathering and planning their overthrow. With trouble brewing, U.S. troops were sent ashore from the USS Boston to help prevent any riots, but except for a  few scuffles, no one is hurt and the groups do not clash.

HISTORICAL EVENTS ON THIS DAY — January 15th

  • 1535: Henry VIII declares himself head of the English Church 
  • 1559: England’s Queen Elizabeth I was crowned in Westminster Abbey. 
  • 1759: The British Museum opens 
  • 1778: Nootka Sound is discovered by Captain Cook 
  • 1863: The first U.S. newspaper is printed on wood-pulp paper (the Boston Morning Journal) 
  • 1870: The donkey is first used as the symbol of Democratic Party (in Harper’s Weekly) 
  • 1907: 3-element vacuum tube is patented by Dr Lee de Forest 
  • 1922: The Irish Free State forms 
  • 1948: The world’s largest office building, the Pentagon, is completed 
  • 1973: Four Watergate burglars plead guilty in Federal court 
  • 1974: An expert panel reports that there is an 18½-minute gap in the Watergate tape, comprised of five separate erasure
  • 2005:” Mahmoud Abbas was sworn in as Palestinian president.s  

BORN ON THIS DAY — January 15th

  • 1622: Moliere, France, dramatist  
  • 1845: Ella Flagg Young, first female president of the National Educational Association
  • 1906: Aristotle Onassis, Greece, rich shipping magnate 
  • 1908: Edward Teller, physicist, father of H-bomb  
  • 1909: Gene Krupa, drummer
  • 1913: Lloyd Bridges, actor
  • 1918: Gamal Abdel Nasser, President of Egypt
  • 1926: Chuck Berry, singer 
  • 1926: Maria Schell, actress 
  • 1929: Reverand Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.,  assassinated Civil Rights leader
  • 1937: Margaret O’Brien,  actress
  • 1941: Captain Beefheart, (Don Van Vilet), rocker
  • 1947: Pete Waterman, rock musician 
  • 1951: Charo,  actress/singer
  • 1957: Mario Van Peebles
  • 1968: Chad Lowe, actor
  • 1978: Eddie Cahill, actor