2008 March 12 |

Maui Grows Up

Commonwealth Day
Day 72 of 2008
294 days left in this year

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