Hawaii Monarchy Overthrown
January 16, 2008 9:13 am > MAUI TODAY, > Maui Yesterdays |
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National Nothing Day
HAWAIIAN WORD OF THE DAY — Apiki: Treachery PIDGIN WORD OF THE DAY— Stilman: Thief HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY — “This was a pig strangling.”
January 16, 1893: U.S. troops - under civilian control, no less, depose Queen Lili’uokalani. The man who stands to gain most monetarily from the overthrow — Sanford Dole — is named head of the “provisional government of Hawaii,” which has been described in several postings on other days in the Maui Almanac.A country, a way of life, a whole culture, starts to be erased, all for pineapples and the almighty American buck.
Invading countries for financial gain — something right-wing supporters of the current regime in Washington, DC vigorously deny this country doing — has a long and strong presence in U.S. history, most recently with Iraq and oil. It seems Americans will never learn, or perhaps never accept, the darker aspects of their country, nor will other countries ever quite learn not to trust the U.S. to leave things be.
Somewhat ironically, Sanford Dole was president of the board of trustees of the Queen Lili-uokalani Medical Center.
HISTORICAL EVENTS ON THIS DAY — January 16th
- 1547: Ivan the Terrible was crowned Czar of Russia.
- 1908: Pinnacles National Monument is established in California
- 1920: Prohibition began as the 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution took effect
- 1979: Iranian revolution overthrows Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi
BORN ON THIS DAY — January 16th
- 1757: Samuel McIntire, woodcarver/architect
- 1874: Robert Service, Canadian poet
- 1908: Ethel Merman, stage & screen actress
- 1911: Dizzy Dean, musician (97 years ago)
- 1929: Allard Lowenstein, radical
- 1930: Norman Podhoretz, author/editor
- 1935: A J Foyt, auto race driver
- 1937: Bob Bogle, rock bassist/guitarist
- 1944: Ronnie Milsap, country singer
- 1948: John Carpenter, director
- 1951: Richard Thompson, rocker
