Janurary 22, 2008: E-Cycling, formerly CompuSwap, the electronics recycling event, returns to Maui this Friday and Saturday:

When: Businesses, Schools Friday, January 25, 9 to 1; Individuals Saturday, January 26, 9 to 1

Where: Stadium Parking Lot, Kanaloa Ave., Wailuku

What: Accepting computers, televisions, stereos, peripherals – ANYTHING with a circuit board except household appliances. Offering: FREE computer parts and computer systems (get giveaway numbers Saturday morning at 9), FREE recycling of all components.

How: Just bring your equipment by car to the parking lot; we have helpers who can unload for you.

Who: Overseen by Habitat for Humanity Maui, who requests visitors to consider donating $10 for every complete computer system; sponsored by a Dept. of Environmental Management Recycling Grant.

More info: Call E-Cycling hotline at 573-4018.

HISTORICAL EVENTS ON THIS DAY — January 22nd

• 1771: Spain cedes the Falkland Islands to Britain
• 1905: “Bloody Sunday”; Russian demonstrators fired on by tsarist troops
• 1946: US President sets up CIA, Central Intelligence Agency
• 1964: World’s largest cheese (15,723 kg) manufactured, Wisconsin
• 1973 Roe vs Wade US Supreme Court legalizes some abortions
• 1985: Cold wave damages 90% of Florida’s citrus crop
• 1998: Theodore Kaczynski pleads guilty in Sacramento California to being the Unabomber in return for a sentence of life in prison without parole 

BORN ON THIS DAY — January 22nd

• 1440: Ivan III the Great, Russian czar
• 1849: August Strindberg, dramatist/novelist
• 1858 Betrice Potter, author
• 1894: Charles Morgan, writer
• 1931: Sam Cooke  gospel & blues singer
• 1934: Bill Bixby, actor
• 1937:  Joseph Wambaugh, author
• 1953: Jim Jarmusch, director
• 1963 Diane Lane, actress