Mark Twain Writes
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HAWAIIAN WORD OF THE DAY — Mea Kakau: Writer PIDGIN WORD OF THE DAY— Raitim: Write HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY — “The hairs on his chin bristle.” HAOLE SAYING OF THE DAY — “If Christ were here now, there is one thing he would not be - a Christian.” (Mark Twain) WEB SURF SPOT OF THE WEEK — American Library Association WEB VIDEO OF THE WEEK — Frozen in Grand Central Station PODCAST OF THE WEEK — Global Podcasting Directory BLOG OF THE WEEK — The Daily Kos 
March 18th, 1959: President Eisenhower signs Hawaii statehood bill March 18th, 1866: Mark Twain begins his dispatches to the San Francisco Alta newspaper from Hawaii. During this time, he traveled often to Maui reporting on the beauty and splendor. Part of these writings can be found in his book Innocents Abroad.
HISTORICAL EVENTS ON THIS DAY — March 18th
- 1541: De Soto is first European to record flooding of the Mississippi River
- 1850: American Express founded
- 1922: Mohandas K Gandhi sentenced to 6 years’ imprisonment
- 1930: Pluto discovered by Clyde Tombaugh (U.S.)
- 1931: First electric razor marketed by Schick
- 1990: The German Democratic Republic holds its first free election (Conservatives beat Communists)
- 1992: Leona Helmsley, is sentenced to 4 years in prison for tax evasion.
- 2005: Doctors in Florida, acting on orders of a state judge, removed Terri Schiavo’s feeding tube. (The brain-damaged woman died 13 days later.)
- 2005: Former Connecticut Gov. John G. Rowland was sentenced to a year in prison and four months under house arrest for corruption.
BORN ON THIS DAY — March 18th
- 1483: Raphael, painter
- 1609: Frederick III, king of Denmark & Norway
- 1733: Friedrich Nicolai, German writer
- 1837: Grover Cleveland, 22nd & 24th US president
- 1844: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, composer
- 1858: Rudolph C K Diesel, German engineer
- 1869: Neville Chamberlain, British PM
- 1893: Wilfred Owen, England, anti-war poet
- 1920: John Paul II, (Karol Wojtyla), Pope
- 1927: George Plimpton, writer
- 1932: John Updike, poet/novelist
- 1941: Wilson Pickett, R&B singer
- 1943: Kevin Dobson, actor
- 1947: Barry Wilson, drummer
- 1947: Robert Harrison, rocker
- 1963: Vanessa Williams, actress/singer/first African American Miss America
- 1965: Geoffrey Owens, actor
- 1966: Jerry Cantrell, rock musician
- 1970: Queen Latifah (Dana Owens), singer/actress/producer
- 1972: Dane Cook, actor, comedian
