Tugboats, Pineapples & Saints
January 24, 2008 5:50 am > MAUI TODAY, > Maui Yesterdays, > Superferry |
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HAWAIIAN WORD OF THE DAY — Pia: Beer PIDGIN WORD OF THE DAY— Bia: Beer HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY — “When the nose shines, the chin gets a blow.”Yesterday, 2008: The Hawaii State Harbors Division is asking for $350,000 to continue tugboat services and managing the Superferry landing barge at Kahului Harbor. Who will foot the bill is not clear. Read more …
January 24th, 1973: The Del Monte Corporation announces that it will stop pineapple production on the island of Molokai, putting more than 75 people out of work, after the company struggled for decades to acquire land for pineapple development, all the while when several agricultural experts warned that the island was not well suited for the crop. The announcement followed Castle & Cooke’s similar announcement that it would phase out pineapple production on Molokai in favor of trying to increase tourism and tourism related facilities.
January 24th, 2005: Mother Marianne’s exhumation begins. The skull of a Catholic nun who helped care for leprosy patients on Molokai was exhumed Monday as part of the process of being proclaimed a saint. Read more …
HISTORICAL EVENTS ON THIS DAY — January 24th
- 41: Caligula, Roman emperor, is assassinated
- 1848: Gold is discovered at Sutter’s Mill in Coloma, CA sparking the Gold Rush of 1849
- 1922: The “Eskimo Pie” is patented by Christian K Nelson of Onawa Iowa
- 1923: The Aztec Ruins National Monument, in New Mexico, is established
- 1989: The first reported case of AIDS transmitted heterosexually
- 1989: Theodore Bundy, serial killer (convicted of 2, suspected of 24 deaths) is electrocuted in Florida
- 1993: Retired Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall dies at age 84
- 1995: The prosecution gives its opening statement at the California murder trial against defendant O.J. Simpson
BORN ON THIS DAY — January 24th
- 76: Hadrian, 14th Roman emperor
- 1862: Edith Wharton, novelist
- 1874: Arthur Shomburg, famous African
- 1915: Ernest Borgnine, actor
- 1918: Oral Roberts, Televangelist
- 1936: Doug Kershaw, electric fiddler
- 1939: Ray Stevens, singer
- 1941: Michael Chapman, rocker
- 1941: Neil Diamond, singer/actor
- 1941: Aaron Neville, singer
- 1947: Warren Zevon, rock musician
- 1949: John Belushi, comedian/actor
- 1959: Nastassja Kinski, actress
- 1961: Yakov Smirnoff, comedian
- 1963: Keech Rainwater, country musician
- 1968: Mary Lou Retton, Olympic gold-medal gymnast
- 1970: Sleepy Brown, R&B singer
- 1974: Ed Helms, comedian
- 1979: Tatyana Ali, actress
