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HAWAIIAN WORD OF THE DAY — Kelepona: Telephone PIDGIN WORD OF THE DAY— Harim: Hear HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY — “Do not believe all that is told you.” HAOLE SAYING OF THE DAY — “If the phone doesn’t ring, you’ll know it’s me.” (Anon.)
WEB SURF SPOT OF THE WEEK — Greener Gadgets Design Competition WEB VIDEO OF THE WEEK — Poi Poundahz PODCAST OF THE WEEK — NPR-National Public Radio BLOG OF THE WEEK — The Huffington Post HISTORICAL EVENTS ON THIS DAY — March 7th
March 7th, 1903: Mauians get to try out the latest invention: “automatic telephones.” With these things, you could pick up your phone and call directly from, say, Kuau to Paia WITHOUT an operator! Gossips everywhere mourn the day.
March 7th, 1848: King Kamehameha III signs the Great Mahele, (with the help of foreign advisers) dividing lands that had formerly been held in common and administered by chiefs and their konohiki (overseers). The Mahele allocated 23% of land in the Islands to the king (called crown lands); 40% comprised konohiki lands to be divided among 245 chiefs; and 37% was declared government lands, to be awarded to commoners who worked the land as active tenants. The Mahele was followed in 1850 by the Kuleana Act, which established fee simple ownership of land. Because native Hawaiians had no concept of land ownership, what was an attempt on the part of the monarchy to distribute property among the Hawaiian people, actually resulted in Americans and Europeans finally achieving their goal of acquiring Hawaiian real estate. The land rush continues to this day ….
- 1778: Captain James Cook first sights Yaquina Bay on the Oregon coast
- 1801: Massachusetts enacts the first state voter registration law
- 1848: The Great Mahele (division of lands) of Hawaii is signed
- 1850: Daniel Webster endorses the Compromise of 1850 in a three-hour speech
- 1876: Alexander Graham Bell is granted his first telephone patent
- 1912: Roald Amundsen announces the discovery of the South Pole
- 1926: The first transatlantic telephone call is made (London-New York)
- 1936: Hitler breaks the Treaty of Versailles, sending troops into the Rhineland
- 1973: Comet Kohoutek is first discovered with the telescope at Hamburg Observatory
- 1975: The U.S. Senate revises the filibuster rule, allowing 60 senators to limit debate
- 1990: The U.S. Health and Human Services proposes a new food-labeling system about the content of packaged foods
- 1994: The U.S. Supreme Court rules that parodies that poke fun at an original work can be considered “fair use” that doesn’t require permission from the copyright holder
- 2003: A four-day walkout by Broadway musicians began, forcing nearly every Broadway musical to cancel performances.
- 2004: An investiture ceremony was held in Concord, N.H., for V. Gene Robinson, the Episcopal Church’s first openly gay bishop.
BORN ON THIS DAY — March 7th
- 1602: Kano Tanjoe, Japanese painter
- 1715: Ewald Christian von Kleist, German lyric poet
- 1765: Joseph Niepce, inventor (photography)
- 1792: John Herschel, astronomer
- 1799: Frantisek L Celakovsky, Czech poet
- 1849: Luther Burbank, horticulturist
- 1875: Maurice Ravel, composer
- 1924: Kobo Abe, Japanese playwright
- 1934: Willard Scott, weather forecaster
- 1940: Daniel J Travanti, actor
- 1940: Rudi Dutschke, German student leader
- 1942: Michael Eisner, CEO (Walt Disney)
- 1942: Tammy Faye Baker, gospel singer
- 1943: Chris White, rock bassist
- 1945: John Heard, actor
- 1946: Peter Wolf, rock singer
- 1952: Lynn Swann, NFL receiver
- 1960: Ivan Lendl, tennis pro
- 1962: Taylor Dane, rocker
- 1964: Wanda Sykes, comedian/actress
- 1974: Jenna Fisher, actress
- 1980: Laura Prepon, actress
