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HAWAIIAN WORD OF THE DAY — Aihui: Robbery
PIDGIN WORD OF THE DAY— Stilim: Steal
HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY — “A thief is also a liar.”
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Hawaiian Money

TODAY - February 3rd, 2008:  Superbowl Sunday

February 3rd, 1934:  Maui gets another first for Hawaii: the first ever bank robbery in the Territory is committed in Paia.

Two men, one armed, steal $976 from a teller  - who was the only other person in the bank. They  escaped by automobile. The Hawaiian Historical Society reports that: “Although neither robber was masked, one of them sported a large Groucho Marx mustache he had painted on himself with an eyebrow pencil. Captured a few hours later, the culprits proved to be two brothers from Lahaina.”

It wasn’t untl 1955 that anyone tried to rob a bank in Hawaii again.

HISTORICAL EVENTS ON THIS DAY — February 3rd

  • 1690: The first paper money in America was issued by the colony of Massachusetts.
  • 1809: The territory of Illinois was created
  • 1913: The 16th Amendment, providing for a federal income tax, was ratified
  • 1959: Rock ‘n’ roll stars Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson died in a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa
  • 1964: The album “Meet the Beatles” goes gold 
  • 1994: The space shuttle Discovery blasted off with a woman, Air Force Lt. Col. Eileen Collins, in the pilot’s seat for the first time
  • 2005: Alberto Gonzales won Senate confirmation as attorney general

BORN ON THIS DAY — February 3rd

  • 1809: Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, composer     
  • 1811: Horace Greeley, editor
  • 1883: Clarence Mulford,  western writer (Hopalong Cassidy)
  • 1874: Gertrude Stein, writer
  • 1894: Norman Rockwell,  artist/illustrator      
  • 1904: Charlie “Pretty Boy” Floyd, FBI Most Wanted criminal     
  • 1918: Joey Bishop,  comedian/talk show host   
  • 1920: Dr. Henry Heimlich,
  • 1935: Johnny “Guitar” Watson, rock guitarist
  • 1943: Blythe Danner, , actress      
  • 1943: Dennis Edwards, rocker (Temptations)
  • 1943: Eric Haydock, bassist (Hollies)     
  • 1945: Bob Griese, NFL quarterback
  • 1947:  Dave Davies, rock musician (The Kinks)
  •  1947: Melanie, folk singer
  • 1950: Morgan Fairchild, (Patsy McClenny), 
  • 1956: Nathan Lane, Tony Award-winning
  • 1958: Lee Crystal, rocker (Joan Jett & Blackhearts) 
  • 1962: Michele Greene, actress