Maui Grows Up
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Commonwealth Day
HAWAIIAN WORD OF THE DAY — Lapule: Sunday PIDGIN WORD OF THE DAY— Sande: Sunday HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY — “With one great sweep of wind all is gone.” HAOLE SAYING OF THE DAY —“Traveler, there is no path - paths are made by walking.” (Spanish)
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
HISTORICAL EVENTS ON THIS DAY — March 12th
A few items of interest occured on this day for Maui:
1905: At least four churches on Maui join dozens of others throughout the state in holding meetings to organize protesters. The reason? The state legislature began considering a bill which would allow some stores that sold food to be open for a few hours on Sunday, along with some restaurants and – interestingly – soda parlors. The legislature hears the religious cries and defeats the bill. Sunday hours remain anathema until World War II, when businesses protest blackout and curfew hours. The state allows stores to open Sundays to make up for lost sale hours.- 1959: The U.S. House passes the Hawaii statehood bill 323 to 89, again with most of the negative votes coming from Southern representatives fearing dark-skinned Senate and House members from Hawaii would help to pass civil rights legislation. They were right.
- 1966: Kahului receives the first DC9 from Oahu, the first such aircraft ever used for interisland flights.
- 1737: Galileo’s body moved to Church of Santa Croce in Florence, Italy
- 1884: Mississippi establishes first U.S. state college for women
- 1894: Coke-cola first sold in bottles
- 1912: The Girl Scouts are founded in Savanah GA
- 1925: Sun Yat-Sen dies
- 1930: Mohandas Gandhi begins 200-mile march protesting British salt tax
- 1933: FDR conducts his first “fireside chat”
- 1938: Nazi Germany invades Austria (Anschluss)
- 1948: The Hells Angels are created.
- 1980: Jury finds John Wayne Gacy guilty of murdering 33 in Chicago
- 1986: Susan Butcher wins 1,158 mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race
- 1993: Janet Reno is sworn in as the first female U.S. Attorney General
- 1995: The Church of England ordains its first female priests
BORN ON THIS DAY — March 12th
- 1685: George Berkeley, philosopher/bishop
- 1831: Clement Studebaker, automobile pioneer
- 1890: Vaslav Nijinsky, Soviet ballet master
- 1922: Jack Kerouac, Beat writer
- 1923: Walter M Schirra Jr, Capt USN/astronaut
- 1925: Harry (Maxwell) Harrison, sci-fi author
- 1928: Edward Albee, playwright
- 1932: Andrew Young, Ambassador to UN
- 1940: Al Jarreau, jazz singer
- 1942: Paul Kanter, rock guitarist
- 1946: Liza Minnelli, singer/actress
- 1947: Mitt Romney, politician
- 1948: James Taylor, singer/songwriter
- 1949: Bill Payne, rock keyboardist
- 1957: Steve Harris, rock bassist
- 1962: Darryl Strawberry, right fielder
- 1968: Aaron Eckhardt, actor
- 1970: Graham Coxon, rock musician
