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PIDGIN WORD OF THE DAY— Pono: Goodness, uprightness
HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY

“One meets misfortune, all meet misfortune.”
 WEB SURF SPOT OF THE WEEK  — World Clock
 WEB VIDEO OF THE WEEK  — Barack Obama South Carolina victory speech

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 January 27th, 1942:  The military governor of the territory of Hawaii issues a strong warning to merchants on Oahu, Maui and the Big Island — stop price gouging. Just seven weeks after the attack on Pearl Harbor, the shipping lanes were struggling to maintain a sense of normalcy while dealing with new rules and regulations surrounding the importation of goods, as well as the commondeering of ships for war purposes. As a result, the flow of goods to Maui and the rest of Hawaii slowed, forcing pressure on prices to rise.

The governor was having none of it, and issued a price list for potatoes, onions, rice, bananas, fish and cheese, thus making Hawaii the first part of the United States to impose a rationing and pricing system during World War II.  

HISTORICAL EVENTS ON THIS DAY — January 27th

• 1302: Dante becomes a Florentine political exile 
• 1662: The first American lime kiln begins operation, Providence, RI 
• 1880: Thomas Edison granted patent for an electric incandescent lamp 
• 1888: the National Geographic Society is officially incorporated 
• 1915: U.S. Marines occupy Haiti 
• 1964: Margaret Chase Smith (Sen-R-Maine) tries for Republican President bid 
• 1967: Launchpad fire aboard Apollo 1,  kills astronauts Grissom, White & Chaffee 
• 1973: The U.S. military draft officially ends 
• 1973: U.S. & Vietnam sign peace agreement ending the longest U.S. war 

BORN ON THIS DAY — January 27th

• 1756: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, composer
• 1832: Lewis Carroll  author
• 1850: Samuel Gompers, first president of the American Federation of Labor 
• 1885: Jerome Kern, Broadway composer
• 1900: Hyman G Rickover, U.S. Admiral
• 1900: James Cromwell,  actor 
• 1918: Elmore James, musician
• 1921:  Donna Reed, actress
• 1930: Bobby “Blue” Bland, blues singer
• 1936: Troy Donahue, actor 
• 1944: 64 Nick Mason, rock musician (Pink Floyd)
• 1948: Mikhail Baryshnikov,  ballet dancer
• 1951: Brian Downey, rock drummer
• 1955: John G. Roberts, Chief Justice US Supreme Court
• 1961: Martin Degville, rock musician
• 1961: Rudi Mauger, rock musician (Crew Cuts)
• 1964: Bridgitt Fonda, actress
• 1972:  Josh Randall, actor (”Ed”)
• 1976: Kevin Denney, country singer