National Napping Day
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HAWAIIAN WORD OF THE DAY — Omilo: Abortion PIDGIN WORD OF THE DAY— Rausim bel: Abortion HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY — “She choked on the Hala fruit of Kekeha.” HAOLE SAYING OF THE DAY — “I’ve noticed that everybody who is for abortion has already been born.” (Ronald Reagan)
WEB SURF SPOT OF THE WEEK — Pacific Tsunami Warning Center WEB VIDEO OF THE WEEK — The Wonder of You PODCAST OF THE WEEK — Digital Podcast Books BLOG OF THE WEEK — Digg.com TODAY: National Napping Day is the perfect day for nappers to lie down and be counted.
It is is designed to make more people aware of the health and productivity benefits of napping. Because of the loss of one hour’s sleep the night before due to the return of daylight savings time, everyone in the U.S.will be more sleep deprived than usual—and therefore more nap-ready today.
HISTORICAL EVENTS ON THIS DAY — March 10th
1970: Today on Maui, and across the state, a woman can have a legal abortion.Hawaii becomes the first state in the U.S. to formally legalize abortion. The law came into effect through the spinelessness of the governor John Burns. Fearing political repercussions whether he signed or vetoed the bill on his desk, he did nothing, and the ten days passed, making the bill automatically law. New York, Alaska, and Washington states quickly follow Hawaii’s lead. On April 27, 2006, Republican Governor Linda Lingle signs into law a bill that removes residency requirements for women seeking to abort their unborn children and allows abortions to be performed in clinics or in a physician’s office.
In traditional Hawiian culture, several methods were used to induce miscarriages, including ingestional of herbal agents and insertion of a pointed instrument into the uterus.
As it has for several years nationwide, the abortion rate in Hawaii has fallen. In 2007 it is estimated that there were 2,740 abortions in the state. More information about this topic can be found here.
- 1849: Abraham Lincoln applies for a patent - the only person to do so who becomes a U.S. president
- 1933: Nevada becomes the first U.S. state to regulate narcotics
- 1971: The U.S. Senate passes the 26th Amendment to the Constitution (lowering the voting age to 18) and passes it on to the House of Representatives
- 1993: Dr. David Gunn was shot to death outside a Pensacola, Fla., abortion clinic.
- 2002: Israeli helicopters destroyed Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat’s office in Gaza City
- 2004: Teenage sniper Lee Boyd Malvo was sentenced in Chesapeake, Va., to life in prison.
BORN ON THIS DAY — March 10th
- 1903: Clare Boothe Luce
- 1916: James Herriot, writer
- 1928: James Earl Ray, assassin of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
- 1940: Chuck Norris, actor
- 1947: Tom Scholz, rock guitarist/keyboardist
- 1958: Sharon Stone, actress
- 1964: Edward Anthony Richard Louis, Prince of Britain
- 1966: Edie Brickell, singer
- 1977: Shannon Miller, U.S. gymnast
- 1983: Carrie Underwood, singer
