Hawaiian Royalty Rebuffed
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HAWAIIAN WORD OF THE DAY — Loko Ino: Cruel PIDGIN WORD OF THE DAY— Misis kwin: Queen HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY — “Learn to lie and the next thing will be to steal.” WEB SURF SPOT OF THE WEEK — Project Gutenberg WEB VIDEO OF THE WEEK — Shift Happens PODCAST OF THE WEEK — TWiT.TV UPCOMING EVENTS — Feb. 22: Maui Democratic Party Caucus 
February 17, 1899 & 1910: This date proves very cruel to the Hawaiian Royal family. In 1899, Princess Ka’iulani petitioned President McKinley to have the U.S. compensate her for the loss of royal lands taken by the illegal overthrow of the monarchy in 1893. As her livelihood rested on income generated from confiscated lands, she felt she was entitled to payment for her loss. The president disagreed.In 1910, Queen Lili’uokalani returned from a personal visit to Washington, DC, where she too, failed to gain sympathy for crown lands taken from her during the 1893 overthrow. The U.S. Government didn’t so much as offer to pay for her trip.
Two experiences which prove once again that just compensation is a concept foreign to U.S. capitalism.
HISTORICAL EVENTS ON THIS DAY — February 17th
- 1801:The U.S House of Representatives breaks the electoral college tie, choosing Thomas Jefferson to be president over Aaron Burr
- 1872: “Harper’s Weekly” features a cartoon about the Free Love movement
- 1876: Sardines are first canned (in Eastport Maine)
- 1913: The first minimum wage law in the U.S. takes effect (in Oregon)
- 1933: “Newsweek” magazine is first published
- 1934: The first high school auto driving course is offered (at State College in Pennsylvania)
- 1957: The Suez Canal reopens
- 1979: China invades Vietnam
- 1990: Former U.S. President Ronald Reagan gives videotaped testimony for a 2nd day about the Iran-Contra affair in the trial of former national security adviser John Poindexter
- 1995: A Federal judge rules a lawsuit is allowable that claims U.S. tobacco makers knew nicotine was addictive & manipulated its levels in cigarettes to keep customers addicted
- 2002: The new Transportation Security Administration takes over supervision of aviation security from the airline industry and the Federal Aviation Administration,
BORN ON THIS DAY — February 17th
- 1444: Rudolf Agricola, humanist/organist
- 1844: A Montgomery Ward, founded the mail-order business
- 1902: Marian Anderson, operatic contralto
- 1914: Arthur Kennedy, actor
- 1925: Hal Holbrook, actor
- 1929: Chaim Potok, novelist
- 1929: Yasser Arafat, PLO-leader
- 1936: Jim Brown, NFL fullback/actor
- 1942: Huey Newton, Black Panther founder
- 1954: Rene Russo, actress
- 1962: Lou Diamond Phillips, actor
- 1963: Michael Jordan, best-ever NBA guard/forward
- 1982: Denise Richards, actress
- 1991: Paris Hilton, socialite
